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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: private ip addresses from ISP
On May 24, 2006, at 2:05 AM, [email protected] wrote: <snip> So again, I ask the question: Is NANOG an appropriate forum to develop some best practices text that could be incorporated into service agreements and peering agreements by reference in the same way that a software licence incorporates the GPL by referring to it? Ah, I think we all assumed you were kidding when you asked that! While I think NANOG *should* be the appropriate forum, I don't really think it will be -- there are too many personal agendas -- getting the community to agree on *anything* these days appears to be a losing proposition.... I suspect that a post suggesting we replace IP with a piece of wet spaghetti would: a: Get n replies agreeing b: Get n replies disagreeing c: Possibly generate a post that is trying to be useful. d: A fish (not a fish anything, just a random posting not related to anything on topic) e: Spawn a thread screaming "Troll" f: Get 2n replies asking if that will run on vendor X g: Get 2n replies suggesting that an alternate root / better SPAM detection / would fix all our woes h: Generate n^2 ad hominem attack threads. i: Be sidetracked into a request for a contact for company Y j: Get misinterpreted [supporting | blasting] someone's pet theory / idea / etc Even the fairly simple question of whether a network should emit packets with RFC1918 sourced packets (a topic I am declining to comment on) exhibited many of the above. While I think having "some best practices text that could be incorporated into service agreements and peering agreements" would be great I suspect this isn't the forum to generate such a thing -- unless it looks like: Best Common Practices (please circle appropriate field): 1: Interconnecting networks (agree to always) / (agree to never) / (agree to sometimes) emit packets with RFC1918 addresses 2: Interconnecting networks ( shall) / (shall not ) run some form of RPF 3: Interconnecting networks (will) / (won't) / (might) randomly depeer ... etc. Having "some best practices text that could be incorporated into service agreements and peering agreements" would be great -- lets how about setting up a forum for this? Warren (who is feeling very grumpy and cynical this morning -- and might take all the above back once the coffee sinks in) ----Michael Dillon "Real children don't go hoppity-skip unless they are on drugs." -- Susan, the ultimate sensible governess (Terry Pratchett, Hogfather)
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