Message-Id: <9411011925.AA58879@Bob Collet> Date: Tue, 1 Nov 1994 19:25:58 -0500 From: Bob Collet <rcollet@sprint.net> To: com-priv@psi.com Cc: cix-members@cix.org Subject: CIX Route Filtering Decision

The following was distributed to CIX members earlier today. The CIX Board would appreciate the further propagation of this correspondence to assure all potentially impacted parties have timely notice.

Thanks

Bob Collet for the CIX Board

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From: Bob Collet <rcollet@sprint.net> To: cix-members@cix.org Cc: cix-board@cix.org, 0004704319@mcimail.com, lscanlan@cix.org, rcollet@sprint.net Subject: CIX Route Filtering Decision

TO: CIX Members CC: Ron Plesser FROM: Bob Collet on Behalf of the Board SUBJECT: CIX FILTERING OF NON CIX MEMBER ROUTES TO BEGIN NOV 15.

After careful consideration of membership and legal input from Ron Plesser, CIX Counsel, the CIX Board has reaffirmed its decision to filter-out the routes of non members. The guiding principle of this decision is that of fairness to the members who are paying for the service of route advertisement. Consequently, non-CIX member routes will be filtered at the CIX router begining November 15, 1994. Pending members whose applications are in process as of November 15 will not be filtered, and they will have through the end of 1994 to complete payment.

Networks that are 51% owned by another service provider who is a CIX member need not acquire membership.

Filtering will initially be performed at the Autonomous System level. Since many non member routes are within member Automous Systems, the CIX will subsequently filter individual routes. The CIX will contact the appropriate AS prior to the establishment of filtering to assure proper filtering.

Several CIX members are now privately interconnected at MAE-East, and soon at the NSF-sponsored NAPs and via PacBell/Bell Atlantic SMDS networks. These high performance interconnections are not within the framework of the CIX and are consequently not impacted by the CIX-router filtering. Peering at these interconnection points will be governed by private, bilateral agreements. Given the inherent scaling limitations of the CIX router-based interconnection point, the board recommends members interconnect via the above alternatives.

The board regrets any inconvenience caused by the delay in confirming the filtering decision.

We are endeavoring to complete correspondence regarding the issues of:

- Increase in board size from 5 to 7 members

- Vendor operation of CIX router

- Executive Director search status

- Membership survey results

We also regret the delay in the completion of these items.

Bob Collet for the Board

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