DefaultRouten
DefaultRouten is a routing concept used to designate and select a default path in a network or application routing layer when no explicit route matches a destination. It extends traditional default-route concepts by incorporating policy-based criteria and dynamic metrics to determine the best fallback path.
In practice, DefaultRouten is implemented as a component within routing daemons, network stacks, or user-space libraries.
Key features include metric-based selection, policy-based override, fast failover, and support for dynamic updates. The system
Use cases span data centers, cloud networks, software-defined networking, and microservice architectures where multiple upstream or
There is no universal standard for DefaultRouten; the term appears in various open-source projects and academic
See also: default route, policy-based routing, routing protocol, software-defined networking.