Will this measure guarantee that the routing policy is always in effect?

Refer to the exhibit.

AS #1 and AS #2 have multiple EBGP connections with each other. AS #1 wants all return traffic
that is destined to the prefix 10.10.10.1/32 to enter through the router R1 from AS #2. In order to
achieve this routing policy, the AS 1 advertises a lower MED from R1, compared to a higher MED
from R3, to their respective BGP neighbor for the prefix 10.10.10.0/24. Will this measure
guarantee that the routing policy is always in effect?

Refer to the exhibit.

AS #1 and AS #2 have multiple EBGP connections with each other. AS #1 wants all return traffic
that is destined to the prefix 10.10.10.1/32 to enter through the router R1 from AS #2. In order to
achieve this routing policy, the AS 1 advertises a lower MED from R1, compared to a higher MED
from R3, to their respective BGP neighbor for the prefix 10.10.10.0/24. Will this measure
guarantee that the routing policy is always in effect?

A.
Yes, because MED plays a deterministic role in return traffic engineering in BGP.

B.
Yes, because a lower MED forces BGP best-path route selection in AS #2 to choose R1 as the
best path for 10.10.10.0/24.

C.
Yes, because a lower MED in AS #2 is the highest BGP attribute in BGP best-path route
selection.

D.
No, AS #2 can choose to alter the weight attribute in R2 for BGP neighbor R1, and this weight
value is cascaded across AS #2 for BGP best-path route selection.

E.
No, AS #2 can choose to alter the local preference attribute to overwrite the best-path route
selection over the lower MED advertisement from AS #1. This local preference attribute is
cascaded across AS #2 for the BGP best-path route selection.



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