[as112-ops] LOA Request for AS112 Prefixes

[Joe Abley]

Hi Aleksi,

> On Nov 6, 2018, at 22:54, Aleksi Suhonen <as112-ops at trex.fi> wrote:
>
> On 03/11/2018 20:52, Joe Abley wrote:
>>> If this ISP cannot understand what AS112 is from the RFC, there's a
>>> good chance they won't handle the AS112 prefixes correctly.
>> What special handling do AS112 prefixes need compared to any other prefix from the perspective of a transit provider?
>
> IMO, the transit should prefer IGP metric over AS Path length and customer relationship. This may be impossible with current existing technology, but this is still what I think. /: - )

I like the way you think.

Documenting particular choices made in particular networks seems like
a good way to help people make their own good decisions. I wouldn't
want to suggest to anybody that they must do things in a particular
way, though; their networks, their rules.


Joe