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Re: Bogon list

  • From: Richard A Steenbergen
  • Date: Tue Jun 04 15:49:10 2002

On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 11:04:40AM -0700, David McGaugh wrote:
> I agree with Joe on this. At one time we were filtering 198.32/16 from
> our peers but ran into things like ep.net (198.32.6.31) breaking. We now
> only filter on IXP blocks for which we participate.
> 
> While on the subject of IXP blocks, we also ended up redistributing the
> IXP blocks and sending them to our BGP customers (who do not receive a
> default) so that traceroutes and such from Looking Glasses do not break.
> They can then choose to filter them as they wish.

Exchange point blocks SHOULDN'T be transited by anyone, therefore you 
should not hear them from your peers.

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