Re: Exchange Points and LIRs

[Carlos Friacas <]

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 01:37:01PM +0200, Gert Doering wrote:
> > > My issue is related to the requirement of having 3 members without
> > > "default:" on their policy.
> > Ummm.  Where exactly do you see the word "default" in the policy document?
>
> OK.  Found it, it's in the *request form*.

you didnt submit any request for an IXP till today...? :-)


> I agree that the form should demand data that the policy doesn't.
>
> (nevertheless, finding *3* ISPs that have full BGP tables shouldn't be
> overly hard even for a small country / small IXP - and if you are so

"shouldn't be": yes, it was. :-)))


> small that you can't manage that, using a /64 from one of the members
> wouldn't hurt anybody - the DECIX ran on a borrowed IPv4 PA /24 for
> about 5 years or so, with over 50 members, and without any issues).

a "hack". an example of what we dont want when we are putting effort in
designing policies... ;-)


> Gert Doering
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Thanks Gert. Sorry if some of my lines turn out to be cryptic sometimes...
:-)


Regards,

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