Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Mon Oct 20 17:00:17 2008 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m9L00Hl6016601 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:00:17 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m9L09Yae013785 for ; Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:09:34 -0700 Message-Id: <200810210009.m9L09Yae013785@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: MED example Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:09:34 -0700 From: Bill Cheng Someone wrote: > In Lecture 11 slide 44, > Can I do the same thing using AS-PATH inflation (instead of using MED)? > > AS1 exports: > 11.0/16: a(1) > 11.0/16: c(1 1) > 11.1/16: a(1 1) > 11.1/16: c(1) You can achieve the same effect if you are limited to this example. You can argue that it's not *exactly* the same thing because AS2 can ignore MED but it cannot ignore AS-PATH inflation. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu