INEX Deploys Large BGP Communities in Production
The Internet Neutral Exchange Association (INEX) is the first network operator in the world to deploy Large BGP Communities in production! Their deployment using BIRD is another important step in its adoption. INEX is a neutral, industry-owned association that provides IP peering facilities in five secure data centers around Dublin, Ireland. The INEX route server routing policy is extended with support to control routing information sent to the route server as follows:
- Representation:
inex:action:rsclient
Policy Action | Community |
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Announce a prefix to a certain peer | 43760:1:peer-as |
Prevent announcement of a prefix to a certain peer | 43760:0:peer-as |
Announce a prefix to all peers | 43760:1:0 |
Prevent announcement of a prefix to all peers | 43760:0:0 |