[sdnog] using RIPE atlas to check which DNS root your resolver prefers.

[Nishal Goburdhan]

On 27 Dec 2014, at 22:20, tariq198487 <tariq198487 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Accordingly, three steps are required for Ethiopian to use our e_root:
> 1- Mohamed Osama ( SIXP admin)  should update his lists with ethiopian prefixes. 

...so this is one part of the inefficiency of a L3 IXP  (never mind the cost!)
of course, there are ways to improve this;  IRRToolset comes to mind...


> 2- commuinty tags should be removed from e-root prefixes.

if you want to send me the particular communities that you think that the KRT node is originating that needs to be stripped, i can look into getting this done.  in general though, communities aren't necessarily bad at all.  the only community that could be posing a problem for you, would be "no-export" and since the peering model at the SIXP is to already have the IXP AS in the middle, you're already transiting an AS to get to this, so no-export can't be in use  ;-)


> 3- operators advertize e-root prefixes to Ethiopian. 

well, yes, as i mentioned earlier;  if you sell someone IP transit, you typically sell them reachability to as much of the internet as you know about.  partial IP transit can get ... quite messy.  

--n.