ignoring no-export [Re: [6bone] non-global address space for IXs (was: 2001:478:: as /48)]

[Pekka Savola]

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, John Fraizer wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Alexander Koch wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 7 September 2003 15:53:54 +0200, Jeroen Massar wrote:
> > > > OpenTransit does it (and therefore the local replica of
> > > > F.ROOT-SERVERS.NET in HonkKong is announced world-wide).
> > > > You want to sever links with OpenTransit?
> > > 
> > > OpenTransit should be flogged in that case :)
> > 
> > Opentransit has had no community setup yet, so Fabien did
> > not have any other chance than sending full table or nothing.
> > I do not if that has changed by now.
> 
> Ther don't need to set up their own community to honor the "well
> known" community "no-export".  Every compliant BGP implementation honors
> no-export unless you explicitly strip that community from routes on their
> way in.
[...]

Unfortunately, Cisco does not belong to this category.  Yes, they're aware 
of the problem, there's a PR.. and they've given it quite a low priority.

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