What's BGP attributes and their works?

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BGP attributes are characteristics used to influence routing decisions in Border Gateway Protocol.

BGP attributes are used to determine the best path for routing traffic.
Some common BGP attributes include AS Path, Next Hop, Local Preference, and MED.
AS Path attribute shows the path of autonomous systems that the route has traversed.
Next Hop attribute indicates the IP address to reach the next hop for the route.
Local Preference attribute is used to influence the path selection within a single AS.
MED (Multi-Exit Discriminator) attribute is used to influence the path selection between different ASes.
BGP attributes can be manipulated to control traffic flow and optimize network performance.

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BGP path attributes is a some election criteria to select the shortest and best path

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