Re: Exchange Points and LIRs

[Carlos Friacas <]

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
> > > 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... ;-)
>
> Yes.  But on the other hand, no single policy can catch all special cases,
> and you want to have at least *some* definition of IXP...

IXP definition: 3 or more members, policy for joining public.
enough? need to add that a member needs to have a valid ASN ?


> Still I think that the form is worded in a way that doesn't reflect the
> intent of the policy.  Maybe something like "three members that participate
> in the global BGP routing with their own globally visible AS" or whatever
> like that.  Peering makes sense even without a full BGP table.

Agree.
Now to practice:
Can the form be "corrected" in a near future? if noone objects to that...

:-)


> Gert Doering
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Regards,

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