[118871] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Upstream BGP community support
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (isabel dias)
Sun Nov 1 07:22:50 2009
Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 04:21:07 -0800 (PST)
From: isabel dias <isabeldias1@yahoo.com>
To: Paul Wall <pauldotwall@gmail.com>, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
In-Reply-To: <620fd17c0910311903o2d65df1dq6ef51d985a540d02@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
There is always a=A0peering policy in place=A0and I am=A0sure you have a fe=
w requirements in mind and you will be evaluating costs carefully as well a=
s options thoroughly before making a decision on which SP to go for. I am s=
ure technical teams are flexifle to accomodate some bespoke private peering=
connections and have defined transit products in place so you can always n=
egotiate your timescales w/ them as well as your technical needs.=0A=0A=0A=
=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Paul Wall <pauldotwall@gmail.c=
om>=0ATo: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>=0ACc: nanog@nanog.org=0ASent: Sun, Nov=
ember 1, 2009 2:03:26 AM=0ASubject: Re: Upstream BGP community support=0A=
=0AOn Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:=0A> w=
hile i can understand folk's wanting to signal upstream using=0A> communiti=
es, and i know it's all the rage. =A0one issue needs to be=0A> raised.=0A=
=0ABGP communities are all the rage? I don't think this is new concept or=
=0Afad. Signaling behaviors as well as informing users of types of routes=
=0Ahave been around for awhile. For example, RFC1998 (Aug 1996) outlines=0A=
some of these behaviors with modifying local preference. Even Sprint=0Awas =
advertising the ability to not advertise or prepend to individual=0Apeers b=
ack in 2002=0A(http://web.archive.org/web/20020607092619/www.sprintlink.net=
/policy/bgp.html).=0A=0A> so i ain't sayin' don't do it. =A0after all, who =
would deny you the=0A> ability to show off your bgp macho?=0A=0AHow is prov=
iding better capabilities for your customers macho? People=0Ahave been usin=
g these knobs 10 years ago and it worked then (just as=0Awell as it works n=
ow).=0A=0ADrive Slow (as there are trick-or-treaters out tonight)=0A=0A=0A =
