BGP Prefixes Vs As_Path

Prefixes is the destination. Whereas the AS_PATH is the list of AS to get to that destination.

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For example in this one here, there is only 1 prefix 10.0.0.0/8 AS 105 which is the final destination

The Path is varied could be

> 10.0.0.0/8 AS1, AS2, AS105
  10.0.0.0/8 AS101, AS100, AS3, AS105