Just to keep life interesting; CIX Route Filtering Decision

Wed Nov 2 17:15:33 UTC 1994

>Message-Id: <9411011925.AA58879 at Bob Collet>
>Date: Tue,  1 Nov 1994 19:25:58 -0500
>From: Bob Collet <rcollet at sprint.net>
>To: com-priv at psi.com
>Cc: cix-members at cix.org
>Subject: CIX Route Filtering Decision
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>The following was distributed to CIX members earlier today.  The CIX Board
>would appreciate the further propagation of this correspondence to assure all
>potentially impacted parties have timely notice.
>
>Thanks
>
>Bob Collet for the CIX Board
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>Message-Id: <9411011531.AA41072 at Bob Collet>
>Date: Tue,  1 Nov 1994 15:31:41 -0500
>>From: Bob Collet <rcollet at sprint.net>
>To: cix-members at cix.org
>Cc: cix-board at cix.org, 0004704319 at mcimail.com, lscanlan at cix.org,
>        rcollet at sprint.net
>Subject: CIX Route Filtering Decision
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>TO:             CIX Members
>CC:             Ron Plesser
>FROM:           Bob Collet on Behalf of the Board
>SUBJECT:        CIX FILTERING OF NON CIX MEMBER ROUTES TO BEGIN NOV 15.
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>After careful consideration of membership and legal input from Ron Plesser,
>CIX Counsel, the CIX Board has reaffirmed its decision to filter-out the
>routes of non members.  The guiding principle of this decision is that of
>fairness to the members who are paying for the service of route
>advertisement.  Consequently, non-CIX member routes will be filtered at the
>CIX router begining November 15, 1994.  Pending members whose applications
>are in process as of November 15 will not be filtered, and they will have
>through the end of 1994 to complete payment.
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>Networks that are 51% owned by another service provider who is a CIX member
>need not acquire membership.
>
>Filtering will initially be performed at the Autonomous System level.  Since
>many non member routes are within member Automous Systems, the CIX will
>subsequently filter individual routes.  The CIX will contact the appropriate
>AS prior to the establishment of filtering to assure proper filtering.
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>Several CIX members are now privately interconnected at MAE-East, and
>soon at the NSF-sponsored NAPs and via PacBell/Bell Atlantic SMDS networks.
>These high performance interconnections are not within the framework of the
>CIX and are consequently not impacted by the CIX-router filtering.  Peering
>at these interconnection points will be governed by private, bilateral
>agreements.  Given the inherent scaling limitations of the CIX router-based
>interconnection point, the board recommends members interconnect via the
>above alternatives.
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>The board regrets any inconvenience caused by the delay in confirming the
>filtering decision.
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>We are endeavoring to complete correspondence regarding the issues of:
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>        -       Increase in board size from 5 to 7 members
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>        -       Vendor operation of CIX router
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>        -       Executive Director search status
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>        -       Membership survey results
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>We also regret the delay in the completion of these items.
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>Bob Collet for the Board
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