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Re: 20402 routing entries
From: "Peter S. Ford" <peter () goshawk lanl gov>
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 94 16:12:32 MST
marty, If the return on routing entry (RORE) is large enough no one is going to particularly upset if mega-corp sends in a routing entry. The place to get gain is at the tiny places (my home for example with a subnet with a tiny number of hosts).
"Give me your network number, by such and such a date, or I turn you off"
As I suggested in my note this is too strict a position to take. I suspect that PSI like most providers work with their customers, and could facilitate this kind of transition over time. The issue is to get from the current state to a better state. I am not unwilling to consider larger routers, hierarchy prudently applied, renumbering, etc. Why limit yourself when you have real problems to solve. The implication that I am gratuitously suggesting renumbering without solving a real problem is incorrect. If everything was going just right, the topic would not come up. If we figure out how to do this without any hierarchy as you seem to imply would be desirable, then I hope the vendors build routers big enough to hold routes to all the telephone outlets in China. We need some abstraction, and CIDR simply carries the IP subnetting model out to its logical conclusion. The thought that we can eliminate all hierarchy is as silly as demanding a strictly hierarchical system. Let's not confuse CIDR with renumbering. CIDR is to get reasonable routing handles on "places" in the Internet. In some cases this will be a 30 bit long prefix identifying a single host on a LAN and in some cases it will be the prefix to all the IP systems in Mozambique. Appropriate prefixes to meet routing requirements. I think this fits your notion of a non-deterministic path. cheers, peter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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- Re: 20402 routing entries henryc (Apr 15)
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- Re: 20402 routing entries henryc (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Martin Lee Schoffstall (Apr 15)
- 20402 routing entries yakov (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Martin Lee Schoffstall (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Peter S. Ford (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Martin Lee Schoffstall (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Hans-Werner Braun (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Martin Lee Schoffstall (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Peter S. Ford (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Martin Lee Schoffstall (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Martin Lee Schoffstall (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Peter S. Ford (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Martin Lee Schoffstall (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Peter S. Ford (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Martin Lee Schoffstall (Apr 18)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Dennis Ferguson (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Martin Lee Schoffstall (Apr 15)
- 20402 routing entries Tony Li (Apr 15)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Daniel Karrenberg (Apr 16)
- Re: 20402 routing entries Bob Hinden (Apr 17)