On Sun, 31 Jul 2016 21:57:42 +0000, Sid Jones wrote:
Thanks for the feedback so far, we’re listening. Further input welcomed either on or off list. We’ll endeavour to let the community know our plans ASAP and we’ll be giving ample notice of any changes to the status quo.
Because people hassled me on IRC, here are my 2 cents: o I agree that the RSes shouldn't insert the IX AS, but acknowledge that they do currently. o A "from today onwards, all new peers and also anyone who asks" policy doesn't seem like a bad start to fixing things. o Flag day change for everyone may not be necessary or desirable. Assuming a lot of the smaller networks using the RSes won't be well equipped to handle the change. Leaving things as they are doesn't hurt those people because they don't know or don't care about it anyway. Maybe on the other hand they wouldn't notice? o Either way those smaller networks are important because the IX gives them a low barrier to entry to local peering, and that enriches the experience and value for all exchange participants. A big part of the value proposition of the Internet is democratising and lowering the barriers to access to technology, and I see the IXes as being an important part of this. Folks who really care today can potentially rewrite the AS path on incoming prefixes? BIRD at least can do this. -- Michael Fincham