Re: more-specifics via IX

[Keegan.Holley () sungard com]

owner-nanog () merit edu wrote on 10/15/2007 01:09:08 AM:

> I have a few customers' customers, who appear at a local IX.  Due to 
> the MLPA-like nature of the IX, I hear their prefixes both at the IX 
> and via my own transit customers.  I normally use localpref to prefer 
> customer advertisements over peers' advertisements.
>
> There is a customer's customer who is advertising more-specifics at the 
> IX (and using a different source AS, to boot).  I can think of a couple 
> ways to prevent hearing these, but thought I should ask for suggestions 
> first.
>
> -Bradley
Sounds like misconfiguration.  Have you tried contacting them and 
explaining the problem?