tahoma.net · § Peering Policy

Peering Policy

AS400142 · effective 2026‑04‑22 · revision 1.2
policy
Open
no ratio · no fee
AS‑SET
AS‑TAHOMA
RADB · ALTDB
location
SIX Seattle
WowRack extension

1 · Overview

Tahoma Radioelectric operates an open peering policy. We will exchange routes with any autonomous system that meets the baseline technical requirements below — without regard to traffic ratio, geography, or commercial relationship. All peering is informal: no contract, no SLA, no fees in either direction.

2 · Eligibility

  1. A current, maintained record in PeeringDB (asn, prefixes, contacts, MD5 policy).
  2. Authoritative IRR objects in RADB, ALTDB, or an RIR-operated registry.
  3. Signed RPKI ROAs for every announced prefix. We drop RPKI-invalids.
  4. A 24 × 7 NOC contact reachable within 30 minutes.
  5. Commitment to MANRS principles for network operators.

3 · Technical requirements

parameterrequirement
SessionsIPv4 and IPv6 route-server by default; bilateral on request.
Next-hopStrictly on-switch. No next-hop-self.
MD5Not required. Accepted if mandated by peer.
BFDNot required. Supported on bilateral sessions.
Max prefix850 000 (v4), 400 000 (v6). Alerts at 85%.
AS-PATHStrict filtering via AS-SET. Updates processed nightly.
Communities65400:XXX informational set — see Annex A.
Graceful SDSupported (RFC 8326).

4 · What we will not do

  • Announce prefixes for which we lack authorisation.
  • Accept default routes from peers.
  • Transit traffic between two peers (non-transit peering).
  • Deprioritise peering traffic in favour of paid transit.

5 · Requesting peering

Mail peering@tahoma.net with your ASN, PeeringDB URL, and preferred session type. We respond within two business days.