[afnog] Should the Facebook's, Google , Amazon's of this world operate a BGP looking glass

Mark Tinka mark.tinka at seacom.mu
Fri Mar 29 20:29:32 UTC 2013


On Friday, March 29, 2013 08:59:35 PM Peter Ehiwe wrote:

> Yes ,  they do not have any looking glass URL on
> peeringdb and i have asked NOC teams while
> troubleshooting similar issues  and they confirm to me
> they dont have one setup .

While not specifying a looking glass in PeeringDB is hardly 
proof of the non-existence of the same, I'd say that 
confirmation from their NOC is probably a lot more reliable 
data.

> Secondly ,  i agree with you that they are not obliged to
> provide a public looking glass, but having one available
> will be beneficial to the internet community and will
> also be beneficial to their operations.

There is certainly no doubt about that.

Mark.
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