I think it's okay to use the word in the context of how bgp uses the term in a document about bgp.
donald On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Paul Jakma <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 2 Dec 2015, Paul Jakma wrote: > > +The BGP @acronym{MED, Multi_Exit_Discriminator} attribute is a >> +non-transitive attribute, intended to allow one AS to indicate >> preferences >> +for ingress points to another AS. >> > > +Unfortunately, this behaviour means MED can cause the order of preference >> +over all the routes to become undefined. That is, given routes A, B, >> and C, >> +if A is preferred to B, and B is preferred to C, a defined, transitive >> order >> +of preference should mean that A is preferred to C. >> > > Sigh. I probably should make it clear that the transitive in the first > relates to how BGP uses that term, and the second as to how maths uses it > in the context of orders, shouldn't I? Or is that not too confusing? > > regards, > -- > Paul Jakma [email protected] @pjakma Key ID: 64A2FF6A > Fortune: > Under any conditions, anywhere, whatever you are doing, there is some > ordinance under which you can be booked. > -- Robert D. Sprecht, Rand Corp. > > > _______________________________________________ > Quagga-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.quagga.net/mailman/listinfo/quagga-dev >
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