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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: The Big Squeeze
Shouldn't the big boys (the ones who started all of this filtering) and the InterNIC be forced to come up with a fairer solution? At least if they don't do so voluntarily? > > At 07:31 PM 2/26/97 -0600, Karl Denninger wrote: > >As long as a provider can get their own /19 I have no problem with > >prefix filtering at the /19 level. > > > >The problem comes about when big ISPs filter at /19s *AND* the allocators > >of space refuse to give ISPs /19s. > > These two goals seem to be at odds in the current system for > address allocation. How would you change the system to allow > people to aquire address space that they need and get it > routed? > > The address allocation scheme is geared towards trying to promote > utilization of IP space, thus the sorta "take just what you > need" methodology. > > The filters that you talk of seem to me to be crude > proxies for controlling routing space on a particular > providers network, this seems to me to be a reasonable > thing (i.e. they have to make their network work). > > If different providers were to sell routing "slots" > on their network such that an ISP could guarantee that > their announcements would be accepted (regardless of > address length) this would seem to solve the problems > of both those that can't "justify" a big block and > those of the providers that want to control the use > of their resources on their network as well. > > It appears that you're primary argument is one of > fairness and level playing field for all comers > regardless of size, and I think this is a worthy > goal if it can be done technically. > > -scott > -- Craig Nordin -- [email protected] Virtual Networks http://www.vni.net - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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