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Poison Reverse

nounid 3612·updated May 9, 2026
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Split horizon with poisoned reverse (more simply, poison reverse) does include such routes in updates, but sets their metrics to infinity. In effect, advertising the fact that there routes are not reachable.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Control72%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Poison Reverses
possessive
Poison Reverse's
pluralpossessive
Poison Reverses'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
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Split horizon with poisoned reverse (more simply, poison reverse) does include such routes in updates, but sets their metrics to infinity. In effect, advertising the fact that there routes are not reachable.

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