[53213] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Peerings
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Lockhart)
Tue Nov 5 15:28:46 2002
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 20:28:06 +0000
From: Simon Lockhart <simonl@rd.bbc.co.uk>
To: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20021105180906.GL2456@overlord.e-gerbil.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Tue Nov 05, 2002 at 01:09:06PM -0500, Richard A Steenbergen wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 09:07:20AM +0200, Petri Helenius wrote:
> >=20
> > Is there a "standardized" depository of information where lists of wh=
ich
> > AS=B4s are present in which exchange(s)? RADB does not really cut it =
since
> > it only lists the participants of the interconnect, not really
> > identifying the facility. Obviously I=B4m aware that most IXn list th=
eir
> > participants on a web site but I=B4m looking for more machine readabl=
e
> > data.
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> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras/ep/
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> Stalk them via DNS... that's as close as it gets. That URL updates once=
an
> hour if people want to use it, but it really needs someone to design a=20
> web interface with an updating list of "what's new".
Of course, it'd help if IX operators kept their DNS updated. We're at
7 of the listed IX (aads, linx1, linx2, mae-east, mae-west, nyiix, paix-p=
ao),
but only 4 of them (linx1, linx2, mae-east, nyiix) have a DNS entry for u=
s.
Simon
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