[48439] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Bogon list
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aditya)
Tue Jun 4 16:54:46 2002
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 13:54:07 -0700
From: Aditya <aditya@mighty.grot.org>
To: NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
Reply-To: Aditya <aditya@grot.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020604204751.GA16518@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 04:47:51PM -0400, Leo Bicknell wrote:
>
> In a message written on Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 03:47:00PM -0400, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
> > Exchange point blocks SHOULDN'T be transited by anyone, therefore you
> > should not hear them from your peers.
>
> I would say this the other way around, all exchange point blocks
> should be transited by someone.
>
> Back in the day, things like the mae-east FDDI were originated by
> a half dozen AS's. Why? If you had "full routes", but didn't
> connect to the mae, you could traceroute but not ping it, and things
> of that nature. It confused people. Of course, the inconsistent
> announcements were also an issue.
Am I right that I don't see a reason why IX blocks should be transited other
than traceroute should work? I can think of a couple of reasons why the blocks
SHOULDN'T be transitted by anyone.
Adi
