Summary

Defining and deciding what constitutes a Policy Routing structure is harder than implementing one. Most importantly you should understand that routing policy is NOT Policy Routing. Policy Routing refers to the network-centric structure that performs the routing. Routing policy is an administrative or otherwise externally imposed requirement on the network. While they are very closely intertwined, they need to be understood separately. That is why in this chapter I spoke of using Policy Routing structures to implement security, network, and routing policies.

When considering the implementation of a Policy Routing structure you must understand your entire network and the scope of the network operations. Understanding both the uses of your ...

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