Re: [eng/rtg] changing loopbacks

2005-09-29 Thread Ian Dickinson
it explicitly, which *may* alter path selection (a long way down the tree I admit). Another nasty is if you run TE and use the old Loopback as your TE-ID, even with IS-IS. Plus of course, your zone/hosts file for managing/polling these nodes in the first place :-) -- Ian Dickinson Development Engineer

Re: Bogon filtering (don't ban me)

2004-12-05 Thread Ian Dickinson
of populating a VRF and then pointing uRPF at it. I think it was aimed at feasible path uRPF, but can do the bogon stuff as well. -- Ian Dickinson Development Engineer PIPEX [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pipex.net This e-mail is subject to: http://www.pipex.net/disclaimer.html

Re: website to display AS No and ip info also

2004-10-13 Thread Ian Dickinson
Cliff Albert wrote: On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 02:33:53PM -0500, Bubba Parker wrote: A standard whois program can not tell you what IP addresses a particular AS is announcing. Actually it can tell you what IP adresses a particular AS SHOULD announce. whois -i origin -h whois.ripe.net AS28788 And what

Re: Blackhole Routes

2004-10-03 Thread Ian Dickinson
Richard A Steenbergen wrote: On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 11:06:31PM +0100, Ian Dickinson wrote: You'd need an additional community to flag this eg. 65001:666 means to blackhole, 65001: means to propagate it as well. I can't speak for others but when we blackhole the destination (as opposed

Re: Blackhole Routes

2004-10-03 Thread Ian Dickinson
Robert E.Seastrom wrote: Ian Dickinson wrote: Blackholing schemes need to be simple enough to employ in a hurry at 4am whilst still achieving the desired effect. And Richard's suggestion is just that. Fair enough, but I'm worried that global propagation wouldn't deliver what many customers ask

Re: Blackhole Routes

2004-10-02 Thread Ian Dickinson
comes in from a particular vector (or group of vectors). Rarely does traffic enter via peerings equally. -- Ian Dickinson Development Engineer PIPEX [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pipex.net This e-mail is subject to: http://www.pipex.net/disclaimer.html

RE: Looking for recommendations for Datacenter off CA Faultline

2004-07-19 Thread Ian Dickinson
of the others don't score so well IMHO, excepting the host of government/finance/etc facilities that don't sell space to anyone anyway. -- Ian Dickinson Development Engineer PIPEX [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pipex.net This e-mail is subject to: http://www.pipex.net/disclaimer.html -Original

RE: concern over public peering points [WAS: Peering point speed publicly available?]

2004-07-08 Thread Ian Dickinson
of it... In a comms room in a tunnel under London. Luckily for those working there, there was a ladder stored there too. The term 'raised floor' was never so apt. -- Ian Dickinson Development Engineer PIPEX [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pipex.net