ix's & prefix registration

Tue Oct 14 18:22:11 UTC 2003

> On Tuesday, October 14, 2003 6:28 PM, joshua sahala
> <joshua.ej.smith at usa.net> wrote:
>> i was wondering if there were some published docs online regarding the
>> registration of route objects and membership at an ix - specifically,
>> do ixp's around the world require that their members register all of
>> their route objects prior to being allowed to exchange traffic at the
>> ix?

* arnold at nipper.de (Nipper, Arnold) [Tue 14 Oct 2003, 18:51 CEST]:
> DE-CIX (http://www.de-cix.net) does (see 4.4
> http://www.de-cix.net/info/DE-CIX_technical_requirements.pdf). And
> afaik that's also true for LINX, AMS-IX, Xchangepoint, ... Look at
> their policies as well.

AMS-IX does not, nor does it require its members to peer with anybody
(including the exchange-supporting network infrastructure).  AMS-IX
believes that the decision to peer is up to the individual members.

	-- Niels.