You wrote:
Without the ISP having total control over the customer router, a misconfiguration of filters on the customer side could easily cause the customer to be a valid (and 1 hop) path in the tables from ISP A to ISP B. Doesn't sound like a possibility I would be willing to have hanging over my head.
Well, since my bandwidth is necessary for my business, I think I'd be much more concerned about becomming the valid route than my upstreams, if they get better routing through me, it's not necessarily a bad thing for them unless they're concerned about me snarfing traffic.
They've also got to worry about your bandwidth, which could become a big issue depending on the size of the two providers involved.
Plus, you can filter out what you send to me if you're my upstream. That means you'll need a misconfigured router on your side *and* one on mine. I don't know your competency, but I'm fairly certain of mine ;). I put a lot more time, effort and care into choosing a provider than you do into choosing a customer. Paul
In the particular scenario being discussed, which routes would you want from your upstream? You might want full routes for the ability to actually choose best path, and then the upstream providers loose control over what you are sending where. A and B can both filter what the customer sends to them based on network, and then the problem is solved. Unfortunately, this does not always give customers the flexibility they are looking for. I'm sure you know exactly what you are doing, but not every Joe that a provider takes on does. My point is only that this is a situation that I would not want to bring upon myself. --- -=<:gEm:>=- -<sMp>-<sMp>-<sMp>-<sMp>-<sMp>-<sMp>-<sMp>-<sMp>-<sMp>-- Gordon Mercer -=<Dedicated>=- [digitalNATION] 703 642 2800 -=<Servers>=- gmercer@dn.net <::>=-=<::>=--=<::>=-=<::>=--=<::>=-=<::>=--=<::>=-=<::>