Re: someone RBL'd a reserveD-8 number from IANA

["Richard A. Steenbergen" <ras () e-gerbil net>]

On 20 Jul 2000, Paul Vixie wrote:

> I've also thought that if routers could filter based on lookup up source
> addresses in a BGP-made RIB, rather than just destination addresses, that
> the whole filtering-by-remote-control industry would appreciate the hell
> out of it.  I'm pretty sure that both the 12016 and M160 have the hardware
> it would take to do this at wire speed, but I'm also pretty sure that the
> market for this feature is perceived by both vendors as "small."

Paul I'm pretty sure we're not the only ones who have been asking for
this. A dedicated protocol for managing filters would be even nicer, but
perhaps a little too difficult to put together.

Actually I think you might be very close to being able to put something
like this together with some of Juniper's policying routing features, with 
either slight changes or upcoming software features. Congratulations to
those who created an ASIC with enough functionality and generic design to
do these kind of things.

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