On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Ian Mason wrote:
At 13:08 20/01/97 +0000, Keith N Mitchell wrote:
I don't think there are any sacred cows for any of these here - if we adjust the LINX policy to meet requirements of the root NS rather than the other way around, I don't think we break either of 1 or 2. I don't think it breaks 3. either, but this requirement will go away when we have a route server in any case.
If we opt for the root NS to have its own AS then there is no barrier to people offering identical routing policy for the LINX and the NS. If it shares the LINX AS then it will be impossible to have different policy for LINX and the NS.
Why is that? Different prefixes in the same AS can be treated differently.
So, if there is a possibility that there will ever be a requirement to have different routing policy for the NS and the LINX it would seem wise to give the NS its own AS.
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