Our present BGP policy states that if a customer has non-portable address space from another upstream ISP, the customer must provide us with an official letter from the owner of the IP address space which authorizes us to re-announce those routes. I feel that this is a reasonable and just policy, but we've been getting quite a bit of flack from customers who claim that nobody else is requiring this. Are other backbone providers really just announcing whatever their customers ask them to announce? Are we unreasonable in requiring permission to re-announce foreign netblocks? Is there any documentation that sets this down as policy or at least a BCP? Also, is it unreasonable to expect someone who wants to speak BGP to know how to make entries in the RADB, or at least read and follow the instructions? I'm getting the feeling that the latest tech briefings for executives are touting the wonders of BGP, 'cause I'm seeing a lot of pointy-haired bosses demanding it. ObNetops: router bgp xxxx neighbor 192.168.100.2 remote-as 64666 neighbor 192.168.100.2 route-map cust-do-not-readvertise in neighbor 192.168.100.2 route-map out-customer out Jeremiah Kristal Qwest Internet Solutions Manager, Network Services 201-319-5764 x284 internal