On Wed, 22 Jan 1997 10:22:49 +0000 (GMT) Jim Dixon wrote:
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.
Please don't. If the routing policy is different, then the AS should be different. I don't think it's wise to do otherwise with critical resources like root nameservers.
I would note that if there is a specific prefix and AS, then the router to support such an attachment need not be very large. This model is currently used for route servers and therouter does not have to carry full routing. -- --bill