> The business model seems clearer when offering filtering as a service > to downstream networks, the effects are narrowly scoped, and members > have control over the traffic they accept from the exchange, e.g. I > don't want to accept NTP traffic to any destination that exceeds > 1Gbit/s, or is sourced from an NTP server on my blacklist. Giving > policy control to the downstream allows them to protect their networks > and make business decisions about how they want to prioritize services > and customers when resources are constrained. > > Would exchange members pay for this type of control?
Speaking only for myself: No. The L2 IXes I connect to should use their resources for packet switching, not filtering. Way too many things that could go wrong if we go down the filtering path... Steinar Haug, AS 2116
