IPv6 addresses for EP or why are exhanges so special ?

On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 07:49:47AM -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
> >> bgp is not needed at all, as the exchange point has no asn, and the
> >> prefix is internal to the attached providers.
> > Several European IXPs run their own BGP, and have their own ASN, with
> > one or more of their members providing transit to the IXP's PA space.
> 
> this is true for most exchanges.  but the exchange mesh itself, which is
> the subject of our discussion, is not in that asn.  it is the side service
> net which is in the transit asn.

I know of at least one IXP which uses a portion of its PA space for the
exchange itself (on a multiple-access broadcast network, ie. switched
ethernet) -- it was advised to do so by RIPE. Strangely enough, it is
some of the side services that are on non-global-transit address space.

-- 
Paul Martin <pm at zetnet.net>