12 May
2026
12 May
'26
7:31 a.m.
On 12/05/2026 06:49:40, "Mark Tinka via NANOG" <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
A dedicated peering router also ensures you eliminate providing transit to a peer if you make a configuration error, as the peering router neither carries the DFZ nor 0/0, ::/0.
The reason we started doing that way back was IX used to be quite fragile with regular storms that would often take out connected routers too. We still have a frangible peering router per IX port limiting blast radius. brandon