Re: RFC1863 to historic? [Re: [Idr] Last Call on draft-ietf-idr-rfc2796bis-00.txt (fwd)]

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>> All of this said, there are other small exchanges that are said to
>> be deploying route servers, but it sounds like these are small 
>> regionals.
>
> I would not agree to this! There is this european internet exchange 
> association (euro-ix) where
> europe's leading ISPs connect to permit the exchange of network 
> information. I am aware of most of
> them using route servers (though not the ones like defined in 1863).

As the current chair of Euro-IX...

yes there is a lot of interest in route servers and I think the two 
most widely used are at two out of the four largest IXPs in Europe.

>> it does a route-reflector style mechanism for route servers.  This is
>> the bit that didn't get wide deployment.
>
> Am sure IXPs would love to have better ways to implement route 
> servers. If there are any IXPs
> here, they could probably second me!

I think 'it depends'. I don't think IXPs per se care, the customers of 
the IXPs do and the IXPs try to serve them as best as possible. And I 
do think there is need for it, and also a need for updated 
documentation.

- - kurtis -

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