> - public IP addresses for ipv4 and ipv6 > - requirement for all members to use BGP, their own ASN and their own > address space
just to not confuse, that is behind the peering port. the peering port uses the exchange's ipv4/6 space > - no customer IGPs > - dropping customer bpdus on sight > - ruthless and utterly fascist enforcement of one mac address per > port, using either L2 ACLs or else mac address counting, with no > exceptions for any reason, ever. This is probably the single more > important stability / security enforcement mechanism for any IXP. > > You should also take a look at the technical requirements on some of > the larger european IXP web sites (linx / ams-ix / decix / etc), to > see what they allow and don't allow. sharlon, reread nick's advice a few times, maybe pin it to your wall. > It goes without saying that you're not going to be able to do this on > your average low-end switch. just curious. has anyone tried arista for smallish exchanges, before jumping off the cliff into debugging extreme, foundry, ... randy
