[6bone] RIPE Exchange Points

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 02:27:51PM -0000, Daniel Austin wrote:
> Does anyone allow the RIPE exchange point blocks in their filters?

The RIPE policy explicitely discourages announcing and routing those
networks.  It should be used for the peering mesh, and not for anything
else.

If you need globally routed address space for additional service, the
current recommendation is "use upstream space from one of your members
who will provide transit".

[..]
> I've just started a transit feed to LIPEX (2001:7f8:5::/48), but getting people to accept the prefix seems difficult!
> I just wondered how many people's filters would accept this prefix?

Right now, our filters will accept this, but it is to be expected
that global visibilty for those prefixes might not work.

Gert Doering
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