Configuring A Bsr - HP A8800 Configuration Manual

messages, and encapsulates its own IP address together with the RP-set information in its bootstrap
messages. The BSR then floods the bootstrap messages to all PIM routers in the network.
Each C-RP encapsulates a timeout value in its C-RP-Adv messages. Upon receiving a C_RP-Adv message,
the BSR obtains this timeout value and starts a C-RP timeout timer. If the BSR fails to hear a subsequent
C-RP-Adv message from the C-RP within the timeout interval, the BSR assumes the C-RP to have expired
or become unreachable.
The C-RP timers need to be configured on C-RP routers.
To configure C-RP timers globally:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Enter public network PIM view
or VPN instance PIM view.
3. Configure the C-RP-Adv
interval.
4. Configure C-RP timeout time.
For more information about the configuration of other timers in BIDIR-PIM, see
timers."

Configuring a BSR

A BIDIR-PIM domain can have only one BSR, but must have at least one C-BSR. Any router can be
configured as a C-BSR. Elected from C-BSRs, the BSR collects and advertises RP information in the
BIDIR-PIM domain.
Configuring a C-BSR
C-BSRs must be configured on routers in the backbone network. When you configure a router as a C-BSR,
be sure to specify a PIM-SM-enabled interface on the router. The BSR election process is as follows:
1. Initially, every C-BSR assumes itself to be the BSR of the BIDIR-PIM domain, and uses its interface IP
address as the BSR address to send bootstrap messages.
2. When a C-BSR receives the bootstrap message of another C-BSR, it first compares its own priority
with the other C-BSR's priority carried in message. The C-BSR with a higher priority wins. If there
is a tie in the priority, the C-BSR with a higher IP address wins. The loser uses the winner's BSR
address to replace its own BSR address and no longer assumes itself to be the BSR, while the
winner retains its own BSR address and continues assuming itself to be the BSR.
Configuring a legal range of BSR addresses enables filtering of bootstrap messages based on the
address range, thus to prevent a maliciously configured host from masquerading as a BSR. The same
configuration must be made on all routers in the BIDIR-PIM domain. The following are typical BSR
spoofing cases and the corresponding preventive measures:
Some maliciously configured hosts can forge bootstrap messages to fool routers and change RP
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mappings. Such attacks often occur on border routers. Because a BSR is inside the network whereas
hosts are outside the network, you can protect a BSR against attacks from external hosts by enabling
the border routers to perform neighbor checks and RPF checks on bootstrap messages and discard
unwanted messages.
Command
system-view
pim [ vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name ]
c-rp advertisement-interval interval
c-rp holdtime interval
145
Remarks
N/A
N/A
Optional.
60 seconds by default.
Optional.
150 seconds by default.
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