[73946] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: ISP Policies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michel Py)
Thu Sep 9 00:57:37 2004
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 21:56:57 -0700
From: "Michel Py" <michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us>
To: "Tulip Rasputin" <tulip_rasputin@yahoo.ca>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> Tulip Rasputin wrote:
> Do the ISPs ever look for some particular AS number in the BGP
> AS_PATH and then decide what action/preference/priority they
> need to take/give based on the AS number(s) present in the BGP
> AS_PATH_SEQ/SET?
=20
If there is a question that nobody here wants to answer, this would be
it.
Short answer:
Publicly: No, heaven forbid. I'll just let BGP do its job.
Privately: Hell yes.
Michel.
