[64029] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ix's & prefix registration
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Niels Bakker)
Tue Oct 14 14:26:03 2003
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 20:22:11 +0200
From: Niels Bakker <niels=nanog@bakker.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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> On Tuesday, October 14, 2003 6:28 PM, joshua sahala
> <joshua.ej.smith@usa.net> wrote:
>> i was wondering if there were some published docs online regarding the
>> registration of route objects and membership at an ix - specifically,
>> do ixp's around the world require that their members register all of
>> their route objects prior to being allowed to exchange traffic at the
>> ix?
* arnold@nipper.de (Nipper, Arnold) [Tue 14 Oct 2003, 18:51 CEST]:
> DE-CIX (http://www.de-cix.net) does (see 4.4
> http://www.de-cix.net/info/DE-CIX_technical_requirements.pdf). And
> afaik that's also true for LINX, AMS-IX, Xchangepoint, ... Look at
> their policies as well.
AMS-IX does not, nor does it require its members to peer with anybody
(including the exchange-supporting network infrastructure). AMS-IX
believes that the decision to peer is up to the individual members.
-- Niels.
