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Speakeasy Peering Policy
The following serves to describe the peering policy of the Speakeasy AS23504 network.
Speakeasy is primarily interested in peering with networks of similar size, where multiple geographically diverse interconnections are possible.
Interconnection with other networks in a single location is possible under certain circumstances, such as:
- to encourage adoption of newer technologies such as ip multicast, ipv6, or similar
- peering with a network whose primary geographical footprint does not overlap that of Speakeasy's network infrastructure. examples of this could be national networks in Europe or Asia.
All peers must supply an Operational contact that is available on a 24x7 basis, such as a Network Operations Center or equivalent. Both Voice and Email contact information is required.
Peers must not utilize any form of gateway of last resort or default route that is directed at Speakeasy.
Use of the Internet Routing Registry (IRR) is strongly encouraged for prompt prefix filter updates. Networks that do not provide a Routing Registry object to use for filter generation may have all routes filtered based upon some arbitrary criteria, such as mask length, or number of prefixes announced.
Speakeasy maintains the right to add an entry describing any peering interconnect into the Internet Routing Registry system for the purpose of easing BGP filter generation.
Peers should provide access to a looking glass or traceroute server to facilitate troubleshooting.
A good faith effort should be made to aggregate route announcements as much as practical.
All announcements are to be consistent, in terms of prefix aggregation properties, across all interconnect locations.
Peers are expected to filter their clients to reject both unauthorized BGP announcements as well as IP datagrams with invalid source addresses.
Under no circumstances will Speakeasy maintain both a transit and peering relationship with a given network simultaneously.
Speakeasy reserves the right to suspend peering for an indefinite period of time should any form of network abuse be verified to take place via the peering interconnect. The following non-exhaustive list serves to provide examples of such abuse:
- Denial of Service attacks
- Unsolicited Bulk Email sources
- Setting default-route to Speakeasy
Speakeasy's final decision in peering is based upon a mutually agreeable decision to peer based upon operational needs. If Speakeasy's operational needs cause a peering arrangement to conflict with the best interest of Speakeasy, Speakeasy reserves the right to terminate the peering agreement with reasonable advance notice.