Re: BGP Community - AS0 is de-facto "no-export-to" marker - Any ASN reserved to "export-only-to"?'

[Mike Hammett via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

I don't think the OP cares about what you do internally. 




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From: "Mark Tinka via NANOG" <nanog () nanog org> 
To: nanog () nanog org 
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 11:26:43 PM 
Subject: Re: BGP Community - AS0 is de-facto "no-export-to" marker - Any ASN reserved to "export-only-to"?' 




On 8/Sep/20 20:35, Mike Hammett via NANOG wrote: 




How I see the OP's intent is to create a BCP of what defined communities have what effect instead of everyone just 
making up whatever they draw out of a hat, simplifying this process for everyone. 



Which only matters if you are extending a community outside of your own network to someone else's. 

If the communities are to be used internally, then it doesn't matter what definition an operator uses. 

Mark.