Confederations (1)

• Makes iBGP more promiscuous

• How?

  • Fully-mesh all BGP speakers at a POP
  • Use fake ASNs at each POP
  • Between POPs, use eBGP rules (send everything)
  • Within POPs, use iBGP rules
  • Preserve local_prefs between POPs

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