Re: [sidr] transparent route-servers question(s)

Elisa Jasinska <elisa@llnw.com> Wed, 16 November 2011 07:14 UTC

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On Nov 15, 2011, at 14:36 , Randy Bush wrote:

>> "Some route servers don't have an ASN, some use a private-asn"
> 
> i have had a small visit by a clue bat.  if two RSs use AS 65666,
> where is the cert for that AS?  oops!

Indeed! Using a private ANS for route server operations is neither recommended nor encouraged in the IX community, although it is not strictly forbidden either. Especially small IXPs (read: a switch in the corner) operated by an organization not involved into routing otherwise and therefore not even in possession of an AS number, might fall back on this option. I don't recall an example out of the top of my head, will do some digging and report back.

Thanks
Elisa
 
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