What can go wrong? Routing Design Errors (cont)
Route Reflector Claimed Advantage (3):
- IXP operator has full control over IXP activities
Actually a Disadvantage
- ISP participants surrender control of:
- Their border router; it is located in IXP’s AS
- Their routing and peering policy
- IXP operator is single point of failure
- If they aren’t available 24x7, then neither is the IXP
- BGP configuration errors by IXP operator have real impact on ISP operations