
On 03-03-2003 22:20PM, "Gert Doering" <gert@space.net> wrote:
Come on. Calm down. Think! Ripe is surely educated enough to differentiate between a Enterprise, ISP or IXP.
Can you *define* what is an IXP? In a way that an enterprise aiming for PI space can't cheat and match that definition?
I cannot.
Pretty common definition (also in RIPE-256): "An Internet Exchange Point is defined as a physical network infrastructure (layer 2) operated by a single entity whose purpose is to facilitate the exchange of Internet traffic between ISPs. There must be a minimum of three ISPs connected and there must be a clear and open policy for others to join" Cheating seems quite a burden too me... Anyway RIPE-256 just works well. Every IXP in the RIPE region can easily get a /48 for the peering mesh. In fact it seems easier than requesting IPv4 PI space (which is good :) ) The issues remains the IPv6 space for services. Yes, I know that this has been "discussed" before. However it seems that the discussion has not ended. Arien