Re: hole punching reality check

[alan () mindvision com (Alan Hannan)]

  P is on crack;  send them back to school. Tell them to 'webster
  specific'.

  -alan

> Provider P allocates a block of address space A to customer, I an ISP.
>
> I allocates a /24, call it B, out of that block to one of their customers, C.
>
> C later leaves ISP I and gets a wire directly from provider P.
>
> I wishes to give C time to renumber.
>
> I would expect the world to see the following announcements.
>
> A - I announcing a shorter prefix, A
> B - P announcing a more specific for the /24 allocated to C
>
> Is this not what we all expect?
>
> Why I ask is we have provider P telling I that they should stop announcing A
> and instead announce a bunch of prefixes around the /24.
>
> randy


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Alan Hannan
Not Employed Networking, Ltd.
email: alan () mindvision com.
phone: 402/488-0238
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