Quoted from the CCIE R&S v4 study guide:
"OSPF has specific rules for selecting a path that crosses areas.....
- Take the shortest path to area 0
- Take the shortest path across area 0 without traversing a nonzero area"
- Take the shortest path to the destination without traversing area 0"
Would this imply that if I have 2 ABR's with interfaces in area 0 and 1, will downstream routers in area 1 choose the shortest path over the least cost path in order to reach area 0 ?
I tested this theory, and the downstream router chose the least cost path over the shortest path.