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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: de-peering and peering
On Wednesday 3 April 2002, at 1 h 9, "Shashi Kumar" <[email protected]> wrote: > Let us say Network A has a peering Agreement with Network B. Now let us > say Network X wants to reach Network B. X and B do not have a peering > agreement. Can Network A use the peering Link between A nd B to route > the traffic of network X. In the most common sense of the word "peering", no, it cannot. > What are the mechanisms in place in B's network to detect that Network A > is transiting the data( in this case network B looser) from Network X? Network monitoring, statistics, sometime actual packet filters fed from RADB. Sometimes pure luck: one day, a traceroute will reveal the trick. > Basically what I am trying to arrive at is: Suppose the peering > arrangement between A and B were to be for data originating from A and B > only(and not transited). Can A or B misuse the peering agreement by > masquerading transit data as if its originating from its own n/w? Technically yes (some technical measures can be used against that). But it is a violation of the typical peering agreement and it will raise trouble :-)
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