Arife, others,
On the technical side, I wonder why they need a BGP feed. This will be
That's also one thing I wonder as well.
I have the concerns Lorenzo pointed. We say our peers we just set up peering sessions to collect BGP data, and not to pass any other peers even if it's research purpose.
Like last AS-set issue, if somebody says that they do not want to involve such a thing, that would put us into difficult situation.
I think this is different. People peering with the RIS already agreed that we'd collect the data and make it available for research purposes. It comes essentially down to listening and write down what we hear. The AS-set thing was different. There we'd actively use AS# under somebody else's control for experiments.
My feelings say that just tell them to no, and point them to use RIB snapshots.
I'd rephrase this a bit: offer them the data, but ask why they need a BGP feed and cannot simply mirror the data that we already make available on our website. If there is a valid technical reason why they need a feed, I like to know and we should consider this. If they are just too lazy to read the RIBs, then it is a different matter. Henk ps. Arife: is this what you wanted to talk to me about yesterday, before the music made all further conversation impossible? Feel free to drop by if you want to discuss further by voice.
Arife
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