Re: Who uses RADB/IRR?

[Dean Anderson <dean () av8 com>]

Actually, we just became multihomed last month.  I'm not aware of any
problems getting to other parts of the net, and definitely no problems with
C&W.

[Also, my apologies if this a newbie BGP question]

I started looking at the RADB, but haven't got ourselves setup yet.  Does
anyone actually deny routes which aren't listed in the RADB?  I guess what
I'm really asking is how important is it to be in the RADB? Does it get
more important sometime soon?

I would also tend to think [based on limited BGP knowledge] that it would
only be a problem if your direct upstream used the RADB or if your upstream
is RADB filtered by their peers. Is this true? 

                --Dean

At 11:39 PM 1/21/1999 -0500, Daniel Senie wrote:
> I'd like to find out which networks use the RADB or IRR databases to
> build their routing policies, and how to look at their current databases
> or access looking glass or equivalent systems.
>
> It's becoming difficult to take a network multihomed without having
> parts of the net appear to be black holed in other parts of the world.
> It appears difficult to ascertain which networks are doing what with
> policies.
>
> So far I am aware of CW.NET and ANS.NET using the routing databases to
> build their policies, but am not aware of a way to look at their tables.
> If anyone has pointers to their resources, or those of other nets using
> the routing registries, please let me know.
>
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> Daniel Senie                                        dts () senie com
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