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Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits]
From: Rubens Kuhl <rubensk () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 20:03:00 -0300
Currently RPKI can only validate origin, not paths. If/when a path validation solution is available, then one easy way to know that network A really means to peer with network B is to publish a path validation that B can use and/or forward A's announcements. Rubens On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 7:53 PM Sabri Berisha <sabri () cluecentral net> wrote:
----- On Aug 18, 2021, at 3:02 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore patrick () ianai net wrote: Hi,Those networks would be ones that do not peer. Which seems pretty obvious to me - it is literally in the name.I have an AS, I advertise IP space to the world. I want to be a Good Netizen and register my BGP peers. Your definition of BGP peering is different from mine, at least in this context.I guess you are right, the _Peering_DB does not register “certain” networks.Which was my point. I'm glad you agree. My little AS is not allowed to play with the big kids. If you only want to register settlement-free peering, that's totally fine with me. Your database, your rules. But, the fact stays that you can have an AS, advertise your prefixes to the world, and not be permitted to register with peeringdb. Which means it can't be used as a single source of truth. Which would have been a shame because with a little bit of automation it would be feasible to "score" advertisements. That would help determine the likelihood of an advertisement to be erroneous (whether by accident or malice). For example, if I were to register my peers (53356 and 136620) and AS5524 would all of a sudden start to advertise my AS as behind it, you'd be able to flag that. But again, your database, your rules. Thanks, Sabri
Current thread:
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits, (continued)
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits Steve Lalonde (Aug 18)
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits Denis Fondras (Aug 18)
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits Lars Prehn (Aug 18)
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits Sabri Berisha (Aug 18)
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits Matthew Walster (Aug 18)
- PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Patrick W. Gilmore (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Sabri Berisha (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Patrick W. Gilmore (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Sabri Berisha (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Niels Bakker (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Rubens Kuhl (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Sabri Berisha (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Niels Bakker (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Randy Bush (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Matthew Walster (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Nick Hilliard (Aug 19)
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits Denis Fondras (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Randy Bush (Aug 18)
- Re: Setting sensible max-prefix limits Steve Lalonde (Aug 18)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Ben Maddison via NANOG (Aug 19)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Eric Kuhnke (Aug 19)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Adam Thompson (Aug 19)
- Re: PeerinDB refuses to register certain networks [was: Setting sensible max-prefix limits] Eric Kuhnke (Aug 22)