Donald Neal wrote:
* Why don't the IX have clear policies on this issue?
Perhaps a better question is "When are the IXs going to establish clear policies on this issue?"
Russell.
Perhaps they already have a clear (no pun intended) policy - they're not responsible for what routes you advertise.
It's not quite as anarchaic as that. We have very definite filters in place at both exchanges that only allow each BGP peer to announce their own prefixes. The APE and WIX websites allow anyone to examine what those filters are and what each participant is currently advertising. See http://www.ape.net.nz and http://www.wix.net.nz The policy that's described in the RPSL database is exactly what gets injected into the route server configurations - the process is automatic and there are no hidden exceptions.