[5841] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GigaRouter (Was Re: Cisco as Big Brother))
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Bakker)
Mon Oct 28 07:30:13 1996
To: alex@relcom.eu.net
Cc: asp@partan.com, dorian@cic.net, nanog@merit.edu, paul@vix.com,
Steven.Bakker@dante.org.uk
In-reply-to: Message from alex@relcom.eu.net of Tue, 22 Oct 96 22:14:39 +0400 ; <AFFyGRoOWN@virgin.relcom.EU.net>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 12:16:49 +0000
From: Steven Bakker <Steven.Bakker@dante.org.uk>
==> From: alex@relcom.eu.net
==> Tue, 22 Oct 96 22:14:39 +0400
> There exist RIPE and other data bases - yes. They does have
> route objects. But this objects are (usially) oriented to
> the As path filtering, not more. Who really builds filter lists
> for the networks via data bases? I know about MCI (and their DB); our
> provider EUnet build this list by hands (exactly Peer Bilse's hands -:));
> no one of scientific networks there does more than AS-path filtering.
Small correction. The current EuropaNET/INCS service is run by BT and
they definitely create network filters based on the RIPE DB, on top of
AS path filters.
Cheers,
Steven
