Benefits of IRR

Informational

• provides a map of global routing topology

• shows routing policy between any two Ases

Configuration

• allows simulation of routing policy effects (prpath)

• supports policy configuration (prconfig, rtconfig)

Operational Support

• supports inconsistency checking (prcheck)

• supports problem diagnosis (prpath, prtraceroute)

• provides contact information (whois)

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