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VAIX, the Vancouver Internet eXchange

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Introduction Joining Participants Rules Contributors FAQs
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Rules at the VAIX

  • Peering is bi-lateral. There is no MLPA.
  • BGP-4 or successor is used for peering.
  • Peers must set NEXT_HOP_SELF if advertising routes from other VAIX participants.
  • Participants may not point default or otherwise use another participant's resources without permission.
  • Broadcast traffic may not delivered to the exchange, except as needed for normal operation and troubleshooting. Participants may not sniff traffic between other participants.
  • Peers may only utilize a single layer-2 MAC address to place a single layer-3 router per port allocated from the VAIX switch fabric unless prior agreements have been made.
  • Peers must agree to maintain a reasonable link capacity.
  • Peers must advertise all routes. This includes routes at different geographical locations.
  • Peers must agree to actively co-operate investigating DoS attacks, security violations, and similar incidents.
  • Peers must agree to maintain their networks to the best of their ability.

Suggested Guidelines

  • All participants should use MD5 signatures.
  • Peers should accept a maximum prefix length of 24 bits.
  • Peers should agree to accept all registered routes, as defined in policy registered with appropriate IRRs (RADB, RIPE, APNIC, JNIC).
  • Peers should consider applying ingress filters, thus preventing the injection of packets with spoofed source addresses to protect their customers and peers.
  • Peers should not filter packets exchanged based on content.

Updated 2004-04-22
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