Re: Operational Issues with 69.0.0.0/8...

[Jared Mauch <jared () puck Nether net>]

On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 01:44:15PM -0700, Alec H. Peterson wrote:
> --On Friday, December 6, 2002 15:29 -0500 Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> 
> wrote:
>
> > Sorry, which operational aliases did the RIRs announce before they started
> > allocating addreses?
>
> ARIN announced the fact that it received the 69/8 delegation on August 8th. 
> ARIN received the delegation on August 6th.  ARIN made its first 
> allocation/assignment (I don't know which it was, but that isn't important) 
> out of that block on September 19th.
>
> So, that's over 1 month that people had to fix their filters.  We're in 
> December now, and clearly some people still haven't updated their filters.
>
> Do people have any suggestions for ARIN (and other RIRs) on how they can 
> better dissemenate this information so that people will update their 
> filters?

        Force ISPs to register with the gov't and do
IRR built packet and routing filters.

        Distribute the data quarterly on a LERG-like CD
for startups to use and keep the people who can't keep
their routers up-to-date off the net.

        - jared

(if you can't tell i'm joking ...)
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