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On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Leo Bicknell wrote: > Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:46:31 -0400 > From: Leo Bicknell <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Why did we do CIDR? (RE: Confussion over multi-homing) > > > On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 02:50:07PM -0700, Sean Donelan wrote: > > If folks are going to deaggregate the addresses and announce multiple routes > > anyway, why are we going through the pain of ARIN policies. Wouldn't it be > > better to allocate the appropriately sized address in the first place? > > Yes, it would. It would seem ARIN should allocate small blocks on > a trade-in only policy. You can get a /24, but when you go to a /23 you > _will_ renumber, and soforth up to a /19 or so, at which time when you need > more you get an additional prefix. > > That way you limit it to 1 route per ASN for small players, and > everyone can multihome. One route per AS would be nice, however, renumbering every time additional space is required is just not possible in some cases. It seems every time I turn around, I find myself requesting more address space, and according to ARIN policies, demand=supply (ie, if you can prove you have a need for it, you will get it). > Leo Bicknell - [email protected] --- Brad [email protected]
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