[lir-wg] Re: [ipv6-wg at ripe.net] IXP networks routing / IXP membership

Hi,

On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 04:12:58PM +0100, Stefan Wahl wrote:
> I would like to support Kurt´s request for inventing an IXP membership.
> Today the ixp´s are a vital part of the global infrastructure, but they are
> not represented as a legal member of ripe. Sure we can come to every meeting
> and can do nearly all the things the LIR´s are doing, but it is always some
> kind of guest status.

I don't understand this.  The RIPE meetings, and the policy making working
group (lir-wg) are open to everybody.  This is not tied to being a LIR.

What kind of disadvantage to you see for the IXPs here?

[..]
> > I also believe in the RIPE-NCC to be able to distinguish between
> enterprises that
> > might request a status of an IXP. It all depends of the policy and
> conditions.
> This is very simple. Have a lock at the peering matrix and you can
> distinguish between a enterprise and an IXP (or am i wrong here?).

So is C&W (just to pick one example) an enterprise or an IXP?

Yes, I am nitpicking, but if you want to introduce special categories, you 
should be able to specify the criteria pretty well.

Gert Doering
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