[arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2024-4: Internet Exchange Point Definition

[Martin Hannigan]

On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 21:41 Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:

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> On May 22, 2024, at 21:24, Martin Hannigan <hannigan at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 5:07 PM Tyler O'Meara via ARIN-PPML <
> arin-ppml at arin.net> wrote:
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>> Overall I support this change, but I have a few nitpicks:
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>> 1) We should only include abbreviations/other names for the term if
>> they're
>> actually used in the NRPM; I think future text that uses this definition
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>> be clearer if we selected a single acronym.
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> But that's not the way the real world works. All the acronyms are in use
> unfortunately.
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>> 2) I would remove the reference to Ethernet (or provide it as an
>> example); we
>> shouldn't prescribe what L2 switching technology gets used by the IXP
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> Open IX OIX-1, an ANSI standard, prescribes ethernet for IX's and
> https://github.com/peeringdb/peeringdb/issues/1555
> There's pretty much a slammed door on the idea that a router is an IX as
> well.
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> IMHO, Open IX OIX-1 is in error here. I think that prescribing a specific
> transport technology is flawed.
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Perhaps. But it was a heavy lift by the OIX Community with wide consensus
and in terms of “standards composition” not entirely unique being
prescriptive eg TIA568A/B - but I get it.

FYI only,

-M<
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