@techreport{dube-route-reflection-harmful-00, number = {draft-dube-route-reflection-harmful-00}, type = {Internet-Draft}, institution = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, publisher = {Internet Engineering Task Force}, note = {Work in Progress}, url = {https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-dube-route-reflection-harmful-00}, author = {John Scudder and Rohit Dube}, title = {{Route Reflection Considered Harmful}}, pagetotal = 5, year = 1998, month = nov, day = 4, abstract = {Route reflection as defined by {[}2{]} is a popular way of reducing the full-mesh IBGP peering required by routers running the Border Gateway Protocol {[}1{]}. There are cases where a topology built using route reflectors produces persistent loops or does not produce the same results as what one would expect with a full IBGP mesh. This document describes these problems.}, }