IRRs [was Re: OPS: BGP spew from ASN 7374]

Thu Apr 8 05:29:30 UTC 1999

Sean,

SEAN at SDG.DRA.COM said:
> With the end of ANS as a seperate network, will there be any network
> pressure to keep any public routing registry up to date? 

Yes.

* Several people still peer via the route servers
* Several transits filter their customers by RADB or a private RADB
  which feeds the IRR.

If you do either of the above, chaning a public IRR (once) is easier
than changing n private databases. The alternative is no filtering.
Hopefully natural selection will take its course on transits who
do this on a regular basis.

-- 
Alex Bligh
GX Networks (formerly Xara Networks)