Re: Facebook post-mortems... - Update!

[Warren Kumari <warren () kumari net>]

On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 9:56 AM Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote:

> On 10/5/21 15:40, Mark Tinka wrote:
>
> > I don't disagree with you one bit. It's for that exact reason that we
> > built:
> >
> >     https://as37100.net/
> >
> > ... not for us, but specifically for other random network operators
> > around the world whom we may never get to drink a crate of wine with.

Can someone explain to me, preferably in baby words, why so many providers
view information like https://as37100.net/?bgp as secret/proprietary?
I've interacted with numerous providers who require an NDA or pinky-swear
to get a list of their communities -- is this really just 1: security
through obscurity, 2: an artifact of the culture of not sharing, 3: an
attempt to seem cool by making you jump through hoops to prove your
worthiness, 4: some weird 'mah competitors won't be able to figure out my
secret sauce without knowing that 17 means Asia, or 5: something else?

Yes, some providers do publish these (usually on the website equivalent of
a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door
saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”), and PeeringDB has definitely helped, but
I still don't understand many providers stance on this...

W




> > I have to say that it has likely cut e-mails to our NOC as well as
> > overall pain in half, if not more.
>
> What I forgot to add, however, is that unlike Facebook, we aren't a
> major content provider. So we don't have a need to parallel our DNS
> resiliency with our service resiliency, in terms of 3rd party
> infrastructure. If our network were to melt, we'll already be getting it
> from our eyeballs.
>
> If we had content of note that was useful to, say, a handful-billion
> people around the world, we'd give some thought - however complex - to
> having critical services running on 3rd party infrastructure.
>
> Mark.


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