On 24.02.2008 16:58 Andy Davidson wrote
>
> On 23 Feb 2008, at 11:19, Greg VILLAIN wrote:
>
>> Thinking back about this thread we've had lately
around IXes, I have
>> some extra questions.
>> It is I assume the IX's responsibility to protect
members from
>> harming each other through the peering LAN.
>
> That depends what you mean by protect. Any IX
participant must
> remember that they're sharing an infrastructure with
(by and large)
> competitors, and that there are particular miscreant
activities that
> you as an IX participant must guard against, which your
IX operators
> can't completely protect you from (I'm thinking
pointing default, or
> attacks on port-facing router interfaces.)
>
both is imho not inherent to an IXP environment but may also
happen on
private peerings.
Best regards,
Arnold
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Arnold Nipper, AN45
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