[as112-ops] Guidance requested before bringing up new AS112 server

[Joe Abley]

Hi Jeremy,

On 2013-02-13, at 18:05, "Jeremy L. Gaddis" <jeremy at as54225.net> wrote:

> First off, I work for a fairly small ISP and already provide the "AS112
> service" to our own customers, keeping that DNS traffic localized within
> our network.

Nice work!

> I am interested in making this service available to the larger Internet
> community. My first question is if I need to obtain permission from or
> coordinate with anyone before I begin.

Nope. This is the "loosely-coordinated" part of the project. By mentioning here that you're doing something, you've already done more to that end than many people who run up AS112 servers.

> I've already had 192.175.48.0/24
> added to our upstream's filters so I'm not sure if there's anything I
> need to do, procedurely, before "flipping the switch".
> 
> While I have plenty of bandwidth to spare, I obviously won't know how
> much we "need" until our server is in use by the public. For that
> reason, my instinct was to simply bring it online, monitor resource
> usage for a while, and then make a determination regarding whether this
> is something we can continue to offer. If so, great; if not, well, I'll
> stop advertising the network.

Sounds entirely sensible.

> Is there something wrong with my line of thought? Other things I need to
> consider (or do) that I haven't already thought of?

Your thinking is perfect.


Joe