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> > Except the current allocation practices seem at odds with the > goal of minimizing route table growth. Why is it better to > allocate several non-agregatable blocks that are 'just' the > right size rather than one aggregatable block the next size > larger? Actually, the current allocation practices do exactly that since the InterNIC, in almost all cases, allocates blocks of addresses to ISPs from larger reserved blocks. Kim Hubbard > > So which do providers really want to minimize, the number > of route entries or the size of individual route entries? > -- > Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO > Affiliation given for identification not representation > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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