[routing-wg]Idea about AS-usage on IXPs

Hi,

Kurt Kayser schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> Since all public IXPs are using unique IP-Allocations for the exchange 
> fabric,
> I thought about the possibility to hook them all up under the same 
> AS-number.
> 
> Each prefix/IXP is visible the same as before and exchange networks 
> could be easily
> identified by the AS-number and specially treated (filtered/preferred).
> 
> Feedback?

i don't see any point in that suggestion...
Not all IXes will do that anyways (how to force them?), saving AS 
numbers is not an issue (anymore), so it's a PITA at best when it comes 
to debugging some issues with a certain IX.
Any why would anyone treat/filter/prefer ALL Exchanges around the world 
the same way?

...but probably i just miss the point, the suggestion is not elaborate 
enough :-)

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