On 16/09/2008, at 4:30 PM, Nathan Ward wrote:
I'm certainly not aware of anyone other than TelstraClear/Telecom that would be likely to connect but not peer with the RSes. Note that i'm not saying that they do connect - I'm saying that I'm not aware of anyone else who has a private-peering-only policy.
I can't ping these because I'm not connected to APE but I _do_ love IXes who keep reverse mappings upto date: 24.154.203.192.in-addr.arpa. 2D IN PTR telecom.ape.net.nz. 32.154.203.192.in-addr.arpa. 2D IN PTR telstraclear1.ape.net.nz. 33.154.203.192.in-addr.arpa. 2D IN PTR telstraclear2.ape.net.nz. I've found comparing reverse mappings to ASes known in route servers a useful way of doing discovery at many IXes. That, however, doesn't mean you can find someone who'll talk peering with you in a meaningful sense. MMC -- Matthew Moyle-Croft Internode/Agile Peering and Core Networks