<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 24 Oct 2017, at 14:18, Rob Evans <<a href="mailto:rhe@nosc.ja.net" class="">rhe@nosc.ja.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Full agreement with Nick, the (controlled) announcement or otherwise</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">of an IXP prefix is not a registry policy issue.</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Cheers,</span><br style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Menlo-Regular; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Rob</span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""><div class="">Another +1 here with Nick’s email. There are good reasons to not announce the peering LAN prefix,</div><div class="">but there are also good reasons to announce it. In the AMS-IX case, we have so many</div><div class="">networks connected that:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">1. Customers announce it inadvertently anyhow</div><div class="">2. Since 1. is the operational reality (which is unrealistic to stop anytime soon, if ever), </div><div class="">we prefer (also) announcing it ourselves, in the hopes that traffic at least goes through</div><div class="">its “legitimate" originator.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">From my point of view, RIPE could offer reasons for both options, as to educate</div><div class="">in the matter, contributing in a way so IXPs can make an informed decision.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kind regards,</div><div class="">Aris</div><div class="">AMS-IX</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>