Question 140
A preventive architecture review covers this situation: A remote OSPF area must suppress external routes while retaining ordinary interarea destinations from the backbone. Which preventive design control MOST DIRECTLY addresses this specific risk?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Document the stub-area boundary and check router area-type consistency. This control targets the underlying design risk. An OSPF stub area restricts external Type 5 LSA flooding while permitting interarea reachability as designed. The follow-up acceptance check remains: The area has no Type 5 external LSAs and still learns expected interarea routes or default access.
Incorrect Answers
Passive OSPF interfaces advertise their connected networks without forming unnecessary neighbor adjacencies. The repeat risk here is different: an OSPF stub area restricts external Type 5 LSA flooding while permitting interarea reachability as designed. A directly relevant preventive control is: Document the stub-area boundary and check router area-type consistency.
OSPF’s normal multiarea hierarchy uses Area 0 as the backbone connecting other areas. The repeat risk here is different: an OSPF stub area restricts external Type 5 LSA flooding while permitting interarea reachability as designed. A directly relevant preventive control is: Document the stub-area boundary and check router area-type consistency.
An OSPF ABR can aggregate interarea prefixes, reducing route detail exported to other areas. The repeat risk here is different: an OSPF stub area restricts external Type 5 LSA flooding while permitting interarea reachability as designed. A directly relevant preventive control is: Document the stub-area boundary and check router area-type consistency.