Comparison of Routing Policies and Firewall Filters

Although routing policies and firewall filters share a common architecture, several differences exist. The fundamental difference between the policies is their purpose, and because of this, the implementation details, and, consequently, the configuration methods for each are very different. Table 8.1 compares the implementation details for routing policies and firewall filters, highlighting the similarities and differences between the two policies.

Table 8.1. Policy Implementation Details
Policy Architecture Routing Policy Implementation Firewall Filter Implementation
Control points Control routing information that is placed in the routing table with an import routing policy and advertised from ...

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