Policies

1. Technical Requirements

2. RS (Route Server) Policies

3. Ts & Cs 

4. Privacy (regarding the use of NetIX website)

5. GIX (Global Internet Exchange) Free Trial Ts & Cs

The common network platform of the NetIX nodes is based on Ethernet technology (IEEE 802.3).
 

Interfaces NetIX Offers

- Copper port 100/1000 Mbps RJ45 (802.3u, 802.3ab)
- Optical 1Gbps port with SFP module LX (13100nm singlemode, 802.3z)
- Optical 10Gbps port with LR module (1310nm singlemode, 802.3ae)
- Optical 25Gbps port with LR module (1310nm singlemode, 802.3cc)
- Optical 40Gbps port with LR4 module (1310nm singlemode, 802.3ba)
- Optical 100Gbps port with LR4 module (1310nm singlemode, 802.3ba)
- Other, not mentioned above modules, specified by responsible engineers of NetIX (e.g. modules SX, ER, ZR, SR etc.)

Physical Requirements

All Ethernet interfaces attached to NetIX shall be explicitly configured with duplex, speed and other configuration settings and shall not be auto-sensing.

Technical Requirements

Member's use of NetIX services shall at all times conform to the standards as laid out in IETF STD0001 and associated Internet STD documents.

MAC Layer

Frames forwarded to NetIX ports shall have one of the following ether types:

- 0x0800 - IPv4
- 0x0806 - ARP
- 0x86dd - IPv6

All frames of a service forwarded to an individual port shall have the same source MAC address. Only one predefined MAC address is allowed on a service port. If any additional need arise, the number of associated MAC addresses may be increased by NetIX. In the event of exceeding the maximum number of allowed MAC addresses the related NetIX port is automatically blocked to ensure stability for the entire platform.

Member shall send Ethernet frames from an interface connected to NetIX only to MAC addresses learned via that interface.

All frames forwarded to NetIX ports shall not be addressed to a multicast or broadcast MAC destination address, with the following exceptions:

- Broadcast ARP packets
- Multicast IPv6 Neighbor Discovery (ND) packets
- Others, if explicitly allowed for that port (e.g. multicast service)
 

Traffic for link-local protocols shall not be forwarded to NetIX ports except for the following:

- ARP except proxy ARP
- IPv6 Neighbor Discovery
 

These link-local protocols include but are not limited to the following list:

- IRDP
- ICMP redirects
- IEEE802 Spanning Tree
- Vendor proprietary discovery protocols (e.g. CDP)
- Interior routing protocol broad/multicasts (e.g. OSPF, IS-IS, IGRP, EIGRP)
- BOOTP/DHCP
- PIM-SM
- PIM-DM
- DVMRP

Use of proxy ARP on the router's interface to the NetIX is not allowed.
 

IP Layer

On all interfaces connected to NetIX Global Internet Exchange network only IP address and network mask assigned by NetIX shall be used.

IPv6 addresses shall be statically configured (no use of automatic configuration). IPv6 site local addresses shall not be used.

IP packets addressed to NetIX Global Internet Exchange peering LAN directed broadcast address shall not be automatically forwarded to NetIX ports.

Routing

All exchange of routes across the NetIX Global Internet Exchange network shall be via BGP4(+).

All AS numbers used for peering sessions across the NetIX Global Internet Exchange network shall not be from range reserved for private use (64512-65535).

Member shall forward traffic via NetIX Global Internet Exchange only to addresses announced to the member via NetIX.

IP address space assigned to NetIX Global Internet Exchange peering LAN shall not be advertised to other networks without explicit permission of NetIX.

Member shall not announce to Route Server (AS57463) private addresses, private ASes or default route.

The members are recommended to:

- Register their routing policy for each connected ASN in the appropriate RIR database and keep it updated.
- For all networks advertised via BGP register a route (or route6) object in the RIPE database or other public routing register and keep it updated.
- Use an as-set object registered in RIPE database or similar register.
- NetIX Global Internet Exchange members are encouraged to do the best to aggregate their routes in accordance with RFC2519 (A Framework for Inter-Domain Route Aggregation).
- All prefixes advertised across the NetIX Global Internet Exchange network shall have their next-hop attribute pointing to the IP address of the advertising router UNLESS an agreement has been made in advance in writing by NetIX and the members involved.
- Newly installed ports are initially connected to the isolated testing segment to verify whether the member’s equipment is configured correctly. Connection to the production network is possible only after all detected defects are removed.

The Route Server (RS) is used to facilitate interconnection between multiple Internet routers. It is a network service that reduces the number of individually configured peering sessions between NetIX participants. NetIX operates two geographically diverse Route Servers for resilience.

Start Using Route Server

Route Server Policy

The following policy groups are present:

#NetIX GIX/OnNet/BG

Basic Routing Policy
- 57463:57463 - announce prefix to all members
- 57463:peer-as - announce prefix to AS peer-as
- 0:57463 - block announcement of prefix to all members
- 0:peer-as - block announcement of prefix to AS peer-as

Large BGP communities Policy
- 57463:1:0 -announce prefix to all members
- 57463:1:peer-as - announce prefix to AS peer-as
- 57463:0:0 - block announcement of prefix to all members
- 57463:0:peer-as - block announcement of prefix to AS peer-as

Extended BGP communities Policy
- rt:57463:57463 - announce prefix to all members
- rt:57463:peer-as - announce prefix to AS peer-as
- rt:0:57463 - block announcement of prefix to all members
- rt:0:peer-as - block announcement of prefix to AS peer-as

Extra Routing Policy
- peer-as:999 - announce prefix with well-known community no-export
- 57463:65000 - set local preference 0
- 57463:65050 - set local preference 50

Blackholing BGP community
- 65499:999 - /32 IPv4 prefixes

#NetIX Greece

Basic Routing Policy
- 52055:52055 - announce prefix to all members
- 52055:peer-as - announce prefix to AS peer-as
- 0:52055 - block announcement of prefix to all members
- 0:peer-as - block announcement of prefix to AS peer-as

Large BGP communities Policy
- 52055:1:0 -announce prefix to all members
- 52055:1:peer-as - announce prefix to AS peer-as
- 52055:0:0 - block announcement of prefix to all members
- 52055:0:peer-as - block announcement of prefix to AS peer-as

Extended BGP communities Policy
- rt:52055:52055 - announce prefix to all members
- rt:52055:peer-as - announce prefix to AS peer-as
- rt:0:52055 - block announcement of prefix to all members
- rt:0:peer-as - block announcement of prefix to AS peer-as

Blackholing BGP community
- 65499:999 - /32 IPv4 prefixes

Extra Routing Policy
- peer-as:999 - announce prefix with well-known community no-export
- 52055:65000 - set local preference 0
- 52055:65050 - set local preference 50

Blackholing BGP community
- 65499:999 - /32 IPv4 prefixes

Important

- If a prefix with missing BGP community attribute or non-conformant with the list above is received, the prefix is accepted and announced to all members.
- All prefixes are set by default local-preference 100.
- Prefixes received with well-known no-export attribute (65535:65281) are announced with the attribute unchanged to members.
- To use BGP communities with 32-bit AS numbers set peer-as value as listed above.
- All 32-bit AS numbers are mapped by NetIX statically to 16-bit numbers.

Prefix Validation

NetIX validates prefixes at ingress on all route servers. The validation is based IRR Object presence. We are looking for a valid Route Origin Authorization (ROA) for all the announced prefixes in RADB Internet Routing Registry (IRR).

For any additional information on this matter you can contact us on [email protected].

Effective from 9th of March 2022: Click to open.

4.1. Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes the policies of NetIX Communications JSC, 9 Vitoshki Kambani Str, Sofia 1766, Bulgaria, email: [email protected], phone: +359 2 975 16 16 on the collection, use and disclosure of your information that we collect when you use our website ( https://www.netix.net ). (the “Service”). By accessing or using the Service, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to the same, please do not access or use the Service.

We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Service. The revised Policy will be effective 180 days from when the revised Policy is posted in the Service and your continued access or use of the Service after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.

How we use your information

We will use the information that we collect about you for the following purposes:

Targeted advertising
Customer feedback collection
Marketing / Promotional
If we want to use your information for any other purpose, we will ask you for consent and will use your information only on receiving your consent and then, only for the purpose(s) for which grant consent unless we are required to do otherwise by law.

How We Share Your Information:

We will not transfer your personal information to any third party without seeking your consent, except in limited circumstances as described below:

Analytics
Ad service
We require such third party’s to use the personal information we transfer to them only for the purpose for which it was transferred and not to retain it for longer than is required for fulfilling the said purpose.

We may also disclose your personal information for the following: (1) to comply with applicable law, regulation, court order or other legal process; (2) to enforce your agreements with us, including this Privacy Policy; or (3) to respond to claims that your use of the Service violates any third-party rights. If the Service or our company is merged or acquired with another company, your information will be one of the assets that is transferred to the new owner.

Retention of Your Information

We will retain your personal information with us for 90 days to 2 years after users terminate their accounts after user accounts remain idle or for as long as we need it to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected as detailed in this Privacy Policy. We may need to retain certain information for longer periods such as record-keeping / reporting in accordance with applicable law or for other legitimate reasons like enforcement of legal rights, fraud prevention, etc. Residual anonymous information and aggregate information, neither of which identifies you (directly or indirectly), may be stored indefinitely.

Your Rights

Depending on the law that applies, you may have a right to access and rectify or erase your personal data or receive a copy of your personal data, restrict or object to the active processing of your data, ask us to share (port) your personal information to another entity, withdraw any consent you provided to us to process your data, a right to lodge a complaint with a statutory authority and such other rights as may be relevant under applicable laws. To exercise these rights, you can write to us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.

You may opt-out of direct marketing communications or the profiling we carry out for marketing purposes by writing to us at [email protected]

Do note that if you do not allow us to collect or process the required personal information or withdraw the consent to process the same for the required purposes, you may not be able to access or use the services for which your information was sought.

Security:

The security of your information is important to us and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse or unauthorised alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee absolute security and consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.

Third Party Links & Use of Your Information:

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. This Privacy Policy does not address the privacy policy and other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service that may be accessible via a link on the Service. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Grievance / Data Protection Officer:

If you have any queries or concerns about the processing of your information that is available with us, you may email our Grievance Officer NetIX at [email protected], email: [email protected]. We will address your concerns in accordance with applicable law.

4.2. Cookie Policy

What are cookies?
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we employ, the information we collect through them, how we use that information, and how to manage your cookie settings. Cookies are small text files that store small pieces of information on your device when you load a website in your browser. These cookies help ensure the website functions properly, enhance its security, provide a better user experience, and help us understand how the website performs and identify areas for improvement.

How do we use cookies?
Like most online services, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for various purposes. First-party cookies are essential for the website's proper functioning and do not collect any personally identifiable information. Third-party cookies on our website help us understand website performance, track your interactions with our site, maintain security, deliver relevant advertisements, and generally enhance your user experience and expedite future interactions with our site.

Types of Cookies we use

Necessary:

Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

Analytics:

Analytics cookies help us understand how our visitors interact with the website. They collect and report information anonymously, allowing us to measure and improve the performance of our site.

Functional:

Functional cookies allow the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

Advertisement:

Advertisement cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you. They track visitors across websites and collect information to provide personalised ads.

Manage cookie preferences

Additionally, different browsers offer various methods to block and delete cookies. You can adjust your browser settings to manage and delete cookies. 

This free trial refers to the NetIX GIX (Global Internet Exchange) service.

As a free trial, it is available from NetIX’s Primary PoPs only. You can sort our PoP list by PoP status, i.e., Primary or Secondary.

The free trial term is two weeks.

Cross connect fees are not covered by NetIX in this free trial and must be paid for separately by the user.

NOC support is still available 24/7.

Availability may be limited to maintain our high service standards.

NetIX reserves the right to limit a free trial as it sees fit.