Re: IXP

[Randy Bush <randy () psg com>]

> > with the advent of vlan tags, the whole idea of CSMA for IXP networks
> > is passe.  just put each pair of peers into their own private tagged
> > vlan and let one of them allocate a V4 /30 and a V6 /64 for it.  as a
> > bonus, this prevents third party BGP (which nobody really liked which
> > sometimes got turned on by mistake) and prevents transit dumping
> > and/or "pointing default at" someone.  the IXP no longer needs any
> > address space, they're just a VPN provider.  shared-switch
> > connections are just virtual crossconnects.
> Large IXP have >300 customers. You would need up to 45k vlan tags,
> wouldn't you?

now arnold, you're spoiling a great idea.  researchers could measure the
exchnge to see if it ever fully converged (to steal a routing term).
nice paper there, and who cares about working connectivity.
</sarcasm>

randy