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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Upstreams blocking /24s? (was Re: How Not to Multihome)
Scott Weeks wrote: > > > --- [email protected] wrote: > On Oct 8, 2007, at 2:48 PM, Scott Weeks wrote: > >> However, if it's less than a /24 it won't get very far as most >> upstreams block prefixes longer than a /24. > > I'm curious: a couple of people have indicated they do not believe > this to be the case. Anybody have any hard data on what filters are > actually in use today? > -------------------------------------------- > > > I found two current policies. Other companies made it too hard to find... > > > Sprint: > # Customers may announce routes as small as /26 for ARIN IP address blocks obtained through Sprint. Customers may announce routes as small as /28 for RIPE and APNIC address blocks obtained through Sprint. > > # Peer block announcements and customer announcements for blocks obtained from other providers are limited to a /24 or smaller mask (/23, /22 etc.). > > > > AT&T: > * not accept Customer route announcements smaller than a /24 network > > Level3: >From the output of whois -h rr.level3.net AS3356 <snip> remarks: The following import actions are common to every remarks: Level 3 non-customer peering session: remarks: remarks: - RFC1918 and other reserved networks and subnets are remarks: not permitted. remarks: remarks: - Advertisements with reserved ASes in the path remarks: (ie 64512 - 65535) are not permitted. remarks: remarks: - Prefixes shorter than /8 or longer than /24 are remarks: not permitted. <snip> (the rest is useful reading too if you deal with level3 much) Vince > scott
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