North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Using unallocated address space
Like someone else's RPSL suggestion which is the best idea I've heard on the topic. Deepak Jain AiNET On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Roy wrote: > > What would be nice is that there was an offical list of private, unallocated, or > reserved ranges kept somewhere that we could use and generate filters from. > > Roy Engehausen > > Deepak Jain wrote: > > > Laziness? > > > > Deepak > > > > On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote: > > > > > > > > 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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