Method and apparatus for providing routing and access control filters

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for providing a routing filter, the operations comprising:

• receiving a new filter rule associated with a routing policy, wherein the new filter rule affects a configurable entry for the routing policy;
• creating a filter template in accordance with the new filter rule, wherein the creating comprises generating the filter template from an existing template with a modification to implement a change for the configurable entry, wherein the new filter rule comprises a list of network resources on which the filter template is applied and a request option to request only auditing of the list of network resources;
• identifying an affected interface;
• auditing the affected interface;
• reporting a trouble when the auditing of the affected interface is unsuccessful;
• generating a command in accordance with the filter template when the auditing of the affected interface is successful;
• and
• downloading filter content to a router using the command.

An apparatus for providing a routing filter, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• receiving a new filter rule associated with a routing policy, wherein the new filter rule affects a configurable entry for the routing policy;
• creating a filter template in accordance with the new filter rule, wherein the creating comprises generating the filter template from an existing template with a modification to implement a change for the configurable entry, wherein the new filter rule comprises a list of network resources on which the filter template is applied and a request option to request only auditing of the list of network resources;
• identifying an affected interface;
• auditing the affected interface;
• reporting a trouble when the auditing of the affected interface is unsuccessful;
• generating a command in accordance with the filter template when the auditing of the affected interface is successful;
• and
• downloading filter content to a router using the command.