Internet Routing Registries
With the creation of a new breed of ISPs that want to interconnect with one another, offering the required connectivity while maintaining flexibility and control has become more challenging. Each provider has a set of rules, or policies, that describe what to accept and what to advertise to all other neighboring networks. Sample policies include determining route filtering from a particular ISP and choosing a particular path to a specific destination. The potential for various policies from interconnected providers to conflict with and contradict one another is enormous.
Internet Routing Registries (IRRs) also serve as a public database for accessing routing contact information used for coordination and troubleshooting. ...
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