North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Using unallocated address space
so why bother advertising all these unnecessary blocks increasing the bgp table size and increasing traffic when you can just add a default route to null0 as per previous email?? On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Deepak Jain wrote: > > > You can configure the BGP feed to set next hop to an unused interface or > null0 or (your hardware's efficient null spot). The idea of BGP feed, if I > am not mistaken, is to allow dynamic configuration/reconfiguration as > blocks are allocated to keep from having to revise hundreds of routers' > filters. > > In practice, I am not sure I'd feel comfortable with it, but surely many > would use it. > > Deepak Jain > AiNET > > > On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote: > > > > > Only I drop my unallocated/private packets at my core routers, if you set > > up routes to ARIN/whoever then I would transmit out those packets and my > > transits would carry them for me if I dont connect directly.. > > > > extra traffic all round really. why not just let the core routers bin the > > rogue packets? (ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 null0) > > > > Steve > > > > -- > > Stephen J. Wilcox > > Internet Manager, Opal Telecom > > http://www.opaltelecom.co.uk/ > > Tel: 0161 222 2000 > > Fax: 0161 222 2008 > > > > On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Roy wrote: > > > > > > > > It would seem to me that ARIN and its counterparts should get together and > > > provide a "blackhole" BGP feed (the NBL?) where all packets destined for > > > unallocated, restricted, or private space go bye-bye. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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