[NANOG] Re: [NANOG]Request to Reinstate Feeless BGP Sessions with Enhanced Security Measures

[Randy Bush via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

[ caveat: we are happy users of both HE and Cogent ]

> 2. Hurricane Electric has stated that the abuse they saw made
>    offering free BGP tunnels not worth it anymore

i am impressed/surprised that they have done it for so long.  iij
stopped a couple of decades ago; the thought being that its utility
in deploying ipv6 became overweighed by the pain.

> 3. A global layer2 "IX" already exists for relatively low cost,
>    Cogent has a "Global Peer Exchange" product where you only pay
>    for traffic you do on your port.

i kinda wonder how this use of vlans scales under the covers

randy
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