On Sat, Oct 16, 1999 at 10:43:25AM -0400, James Smith wrote:
I know a lot of networks do BGP filter. Is there any way to make sure that a particular AS doesn't get filtered, such as listing with RADB or ARIN's routing registry? I'm not sure how many networks actually use these registries for their router configuration, so I don't know whether it would be worth while to register or not.
The promise of filtering from the IRR is that you can avoid the problems created by bogus announcements. The problem is that the information in the IRR doesn't bear enough resemblance to reality for people who wish to take a full feed of Internet routes and filter them. While some providers are good about putting data into the IRR (or their portion of it), they often aren't good about removing the data. That said, on a peer to peer basis for a given peer's routes, there isn't any reason why both peers can't agree to filter each other based on data in the global IRR or their own local copies. Sanity enforced at the local level can help protect against insanity at the global level. I find it disturbing that route filtering, especially for the larger providers, is still being configured manually.
James Smith, CCNA Network/Systems Administrator DXSTORM.COM
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