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Authors:
James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross
Chapter:
The Network Layer
Exercise:
Review
Question:28 | ISBN:9780132856201 | Edition: 6

Question

Why are policy considerations as important for intra-AS protocols, such as OSPF and RIP, as they are for an inter-AS routing protocol like BGP?

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Answer

The policy considerations as important for intra-AS protocols, such as OSPF and RIP.

Reasons are as follows:

The OSPF (Open Shortest path First) routing algorithm which is an Intra-AS routing algorithm. It is used to  the weights of the links  in routing paths that minimize the overall cost. Link weights is used to flow of routing in a network. The goal  the maximum link utilization or minimize link utilization is depends on the set of link weight by  the router.

 

 

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