Hi,

On Mon, Aug 04, 2025 at 01:45:39PM -0500, David Farmer wrote:
> Reading this discussion, I propose the following;
> 
> Move the use of Local-Prefrence to the last bullet of Section 4, "Best
> Practice," and rewrite as follows
> 
>    - If possible, the use of local-preference to locally override AS path
>    selection should be avoided. This can lead other networks to excessively
>    prepend their AS Paths to you in a futile attempt to influence your
>    network. Nevertheless, sometimes the use of local-preference is the only
>    way to achieve a desired traffic engineer policy.
> 
> Does this strike the right balance for folks?

Sort of.  I would twist it a bit differently, something with more bias
on "it's the largest hammer in your toolbox, so use with care" - can't
find good wording right now.

Gert Doering
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