> > > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Deepak Jain wrote: > > > > > > I strongly approve of such requirement. I know that it is in > the peering > > > agreements of several carriers, but they often don't check or enforce > > > this. Many register customer routes and ASes. If routes and policies > > > were properly registered, securing the Internet would be a lot closer > > > to being possible. > > > > Is it safe to assume (now) that all the routes one would care > to listen to > > (under normal circumstances) > > are registered in an IRR now? I remember there used to be > well-known issues > > with some networks, especially internationally. > > I dunno, there are plenty of smaller ASes who have yet to be forced to > register their routes.
Of some importance, yes, definitely, since at least some actors (including Teleglobe, my home) tend to recurse on AS-set when building filters... so unless registrered all the way down/up, filtered... which, by the way, is a good moment/reason to help those "smaller ASes" go register (rather than patching/proxying for them). Cheers, mh > > We haven't yet been forced, but I finally got motivated to submit them to > altdb last night. Altdb definitely rocks. > > Andy > > --- > Andy Dills > Xecunet, Inc. > www.xecu.net > 301-682-9972 > --- > >
