Re: Verio Decides what parts of the internet to drop

[James Smith <jsmith () dxstorm com>]

I would imagine some sort of Internet Authority on Routing.  There are
already quite a few authorities for other such things on the Net.  But
perhaps a better solution would be for everyone to register with a Routing
Authority.  We already require any one that wants to use a domain name to
register, and if you want a block of IP space or a BGP number you have to
register with ARIN.  I realize there are registries like RADB and RIPE,
but these don't seem to be used to their full potential.  Some backbone
providers still enter in route filters manually, which seems a little
obsolete considering the number of routes being advertised. 


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On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Scott Huddle wrote:

> required by whom?
>
> -scott
>
> At 01:11 PM 12/06/1999 -0500, James Smith wrote:
>
> > Based on past experiences, I would say that the big backbone providers
> > shouldn't do any filtering at all.  Then, the lower tiers can do all the
> > filtering they want, and still rely on default routing to send the packets
> > to the backbone.  It may not be the prettiest way to route traffic, but
> > this would allow smaller ISPs to filter if they cannot afford buying
> > bigger equipment to hold all the routes.  Since the tier-1 guys are the
> > glue of the Internet, they should be required to take everyone routes.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > James Smith, CCNA
> > Network/System Administrator
> > DXSTORM.COM
> >
> > http://www.dxstorm.com/
> >
> > DXSTORM Inc.
> > 2140 Winston Park Drive, Suite 203
> > Oakville, ON, CA L6H 5V5
> > Tel:   905-829-3389 (email preferred)
> > Fax:  905-829-5692
> > 1-877-DXSTORM (1-877-397-8676)
> >
> > It's Unix or nothing!
> >
> > On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Andrew Bender wrote:
> >
> > > Dr. Li wrote:
> > > > Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 23:35:18 -0800
> > > > From: Tony Li <tony1 () home net>
> > > > Subject: Re: Verio Decides what parts of the internet to drop
> > > >
> > > > I'll also note that this would also decrease the pressure on the address
> > > > space.  No need to go get a /19 if I can get my /23 globally advertised.
> > > > :
> > > > :
> > > > The correlation with route flap should be re-examined.  I suspect 
> > that this
> > > > is no longer a driving force and is more than adequately compensated 
> > for by
> > > > having flap damping parameters that scale geometrically with the prefix
> > > > length.
> > >
> > > To state an obvious extension of these ideas:
> > >
> > > Without relief, space registrants are thus incented to (continue to) 
> > subvert the
> > > spirit of the allocation scheme in order to overcome its deficiencies. 
> > In doing
> > > so, a trend toward lower (shorter) "characteristic prefix length" is 
> > created by
> > > networks that would otherwise be suited by smaller allocations closer 
> > to their
> > > actual occupancy.
> > >
> > > Metastability in interdomain routing is currently maintained by an 
> > algorithm [1]
> > > that suppresses oscillations to an acceptable level, deferring treatment of
> > > another "interesting problem" [2,3]. If distinctions between highly 
> > aggregated
> > > networks and large, underoccupied ones are progressively obscured, 
> > strategies
> > > that inversely correlate prefix length with oscillatory period may be
> > > circumvented.
> > >
> > > Past experience [*] suggests that further detraction from the elusive 
> > "global
> > > routing stability" is more poignant and at greater issue to operators 
> > than the
> > > combined problems of address occupancy and table population.
> > >
> > > Indeed, it seems that a review of operational policy is in order.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Andrew Bender
> > > Total Network Solutions, Inc.
> > >
> > > [1] C. Villamizar, R. Chandra, R. Govindan. RFC 2439.
> > > [2] K. Varadhan, R. Govindan, and D. Estrin. Persistent route 
> > oscillations in
> > > inter-domain routing. USC/Information Sciences Institute, 1996.
> > > [3] T. Griffin, G. Wilfong. An Analysis of BGP Convergence Properties. 
> > Computer
> > > Communication Review, October 1999.
> > > [*] http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19991202S0002