On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 9:24 PM Martin Hannigan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 5:07 PM Tyler O'Meara via ARIN-PPML > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Overall I support this change, but I have a few nitpicks: >> >> 1) We should only include abbreviations/other names for the term if they're >> actually used in the NRPM; I think future text that uses this definition >> would >> be clearer if we selected a single acronym. > > But that's not the way the real world works. All the acronyms are in use > unfortunately.
Then you spell out the acronym first. What is NAP? Is it Network Access Point? If it's not even obvious to someone like me, the text needs work. >> 2) I would remove the reference to Ethernet (or provide it as an example); we >> shouldn't prescribe what L2 switching technology gets used by the IXP > > Open IX OIX-1, an ANSI standard, prescribes ethernet for IX's and > https://github.com/peeringdb/peeringdb/issues/1555 > There's pretty much a slammed door on the idea that a router is an IX as well. To hell with 'em. We're defining IXP for the purpose of qualification for IP addresses. It shouldn't prescribe a particular interconnection technology. Seriously: we're prescribing ethernet but not BGP? That's nutty. I'd rewrite it as: An Internet Exchange Point (IXP), also known as an Exchange Point, Internet Exchange, IX, or Network Access Point (NAP), is a shared, physical, network fabric used by three or more autonomous systems for the exchange of data destined for and between their respective networks. This typically involves reciprocal BGP peering across one or more Ethernet switches in a single locality. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin [email protected] https://bill.herrin.us/ _______________________________________________ ARIN-PPML You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the ARIN Public Policy Mailing List ([email protected]). Unsubscribe or manage your mailing list subscription at: https://lists.arin.net/mailman/listinfo/arin-ppml Please contact [email protected] if you experience any issues.
