Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-19 Thread Martin Pels
Hi, On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:44:56 -0800 Leo Bicknell bickn...@ufp.org wrote: In a message written on Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 04:36:28PM -0500, Christopher Morrow wrote: leaking the IX prefix to customers, to me, seems like a recipe for much wider/unintended leakage :( Oh, it is. I remember

RE: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-18 Thread Michael K. Smith - Adhost
From: Yaoqing(Joey) Liu [mailto:joey.li...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 7:04 PM To: Michael K. Smith - Adhost Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Michael K. Smith - Adhost mksm...@adhost.commailto:mksm

RE: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-18 Thread Michael K. Smith - Adhost
17, 2011 7:04 PM To: Michael K. Smith - Adhost Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Michael K. Smith - Adhost mksm...@adhost.com wrote: -Original Message- From: Yaoqing(Joey) Liu [mailto:joey.li...@gmail.com] Sent

Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-18 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Michael K. Smith - Adhost mksm...@adhost.com wrote: Sorry for the misfire on my last email.  The 206.81.80.0/23 network is assigned to the SIX from ARIN.   In general, we don't want people to announce that space to the DFZ, so the three providers listed above

RE: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-18 Thread Michael K. Smith - Adhost
-Original Message- From: christopher.mor...@gmail.com [mailto:christopher.mor...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Morrow Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 11:34 AM To: Michael K. Smith - Adhost Cc: Yaoqing(Joey) Liu; nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP

Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-18 Thread Joe Abley
On 2011-02-18, at 14:34, Christopher Morrow wrote: On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Michael K. Smith - Adhost mksm...@adhost.com wrote: Sorry for the misfire on my last email. The 206.81.80.0/23 network is assigned to the SIX from ARIN. In general, we don't want people to announce

Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-18 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 02:34:21PM -0500, Christopher Morrow wrote: why is it a good idea to send this to your customers? the next-hop info is surely only useful to your local network? done right it's even only relevant to the IX connected router, right? it seems wholely

Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-18 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Leo Bicknell bickn...@ufp.org wrote: In a message written on Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 02:34:21PM -0500, Christopher Morrow wrote: why is it a good idea to send this to your customers? the next-hop info is surely only useful to your local network? done right it's

Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-18 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Michael K. Smith - Adhost mksm...@adhost.com wrote: -Original Message- From: christopher.mor...@gmail.com why is it a good idea to send this to your customers? the next-hop info is surely only useful to your local network? done right it's even only

Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-18 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 04:36:28PM -0500, Christopher Morrow wrote: leaking the IX prefix to customers, to me, seems like a recipe for much wider/unintended leakage :( Oh, it is. I remember when MAE-EAST was injected by at least 50 people into the DFZ because back then

Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-18 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 04:37:05PM -0500, Christopher Morrow wrote: On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Michael K. Smith - Adhost I was thinking about what Leo said about tools that test each hop through a path.  At least my downstream customers will be able to test

Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-18 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Leo Bicknell bickn...@ufp.org wrote: The customers cloging up your help desk with this sort of stuff are idiots.  Unfortunately that's where the majority of your helpdesk time goes... i admit to missing it :( but yes, now with the explanation, I get your point

Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-17 Thread Yaoqing(Joey) Liu
I'm doing some research on multiple origin AS problems of IXPs. As I know, generally there are two types of IXPs type 1: use exchange routers, which works in layer 3 type 2: use switches and Ethernet topology, which works in layer 2. So I have a couple of qustions: 1. For type 1, the exchange

RE: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-17 Thread Michael K. Smith - Adhost
-Original Message- From: Yaoqing(Joey) Liu [mailto:joey.li...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 6:03 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions I'm doing some research on multiple origin AS problems of IXPs. As I know, generally there are two

Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-17 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 02:17:48AM +, Michael K. Smith - Adhost wrote: On the Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) we have ARIN-assigned addresses that we use on the Layer 2 fabric (your type 2 above). Hopefully the addresses aren't being announced at all, although we

Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-17 Thread Randy Bush
On the Seattle Internet Exchange (SIX) we have ARIN-assigned addresses that we use on the Layer 2 fabric (your type 2 above). Hopefully the addresses aren't being announced at all, although we sometimes have to chase down people that announce it. I've had to deal with exchanges like this in

Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-17 Thread Yaoqing(Joey) Liu
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 8:17 PM, Michael K. Smith - Adhost mksm...@adhost.com wrote: -Original Message- From: Yaoqing(Joey) Liu [mailto:joey.li...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 6:03 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions I'm

Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-17 Thread Bill Woodcock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 17, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Yaoqing(Joey) Liu wrote: As I know, generally there are two types of IXPs This is incorrect. type 1: use exchange routers, which works in layer 3 This is not an IXP. This is a router. That router would be owned by

Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-17 Thread Randy Bush
type 1: use exchange routers, which works in layer 3 This is not an IXP. This is a router. That router would be owned by someone, who would have some sort of policy in the router, which would make it an Internet service provider, not an Internet exchange point. this from the guy who pushed

Re: Internet Exchange Point(IXP) questions

2011-02-17 Thread Bill Woodcock
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Feb 17, 2011, at 7:24 PM, Randy Bush wrote: this from the guy who pushed layer three exchange points for years? rofl! I was one of the people who built one in 1994, and used it quite happily for a few years, until it had outlasted its need.