Netshelter operates under AS41047) and has an open peering policy. We will peer with networks that have a presence on mutual exchange points in accordance with the policies described below. In special cases we provide upstream announcement for other non-profit research networks and/or organisations.
Requirements
To setup a connection, peering partners:
- must have an up-to-date PeeringDB entry.
- should have a well set-up route-set or AS-SET as well as up-to date prefix maximums defined in PeeringDB.
- must have an up-to-date NOC contact email, which is responsive to raised issues and concerns.
- must have an up-to-date Abuse contact email, which is responsive and acting on complaints and reports.
Peering requests can be send to peering@netshelter.nl and much include a small description of your network, ASN, AS-SET, Prefixes and preffered endpoint country/IXP.
Technical information
- BGP communities for traffic engineering are available
- MD5 Authentication is supported but not required
- Prefixes shorter then /24 (IPv4) or /48 (IPv6) will be discarded
- Bogon ASN will be discarded
- Bogon prefixes will be discarded
- RPKI invalid prefixes will be discarded
- Prefix limit will be used for all peerings
Important notices
To ensure quality of operations, we reserve the following rights under our Peering Policy:
- To alter our peering policy and peering requirements at any time.
- To accept or decline a peering request at any time for any reason.
- To suspend, without notice, peering connectivity in the event of a severe quality of service issue such as high latency, packet loss, or jitter pattern is detected and to take appropriate traffic engineering steps to maintain service quality.
- To selectively withdraw prefixes from public IXP fabrics as needed to protect service quality.
- To terminate any peering connection at any time without notice.
AS41047 details
The details on our network can be found at peeringDB: AS41047