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Re: ARIN Routing Registry vs RADB vs X
From: Joe Provo <nanog-post () rsuc gweep net>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:02:22 -0400
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 05:57:20PM -0500, Craig Holland wrote:
They gave no particular reason. I figured I'd ask ya'all before I started to push back and use phrases like 'silly', 'ridiculous', and 'pointless' in my argument to them.
Allow me: It is silly to attempt to use only a single registry-of-origin from the IRR mesh. If reading specifications is too difficult, a cursory reading of just the irr.net website shows how ridiculous such an implementation would be. Given the system is designed to be distributed, only eating a single origin is pointless. All that said, it is not uncommon for a provider who operates a proper routing registry to force all but the demonstrably clueful customers into theirs. Cheers, Joe -- RSUC / GweepNet / Spunk / FnB / Usenix / SAGE
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- ARIN Routing Registry vs RADB vs X Craig Holland (Sep 25)
- RE: ARIN Routing Registry vs RADB vs X David Schwartz (Sep 25)
- RE: ARIN Routing Registry vs RADB vs X Craig Holland (Sep 25)
- Re: ARIN Routing Registry vs RADB vs X Joe Abley (Sep 26)
- RE: ARIN Routing Registry vs RADB vs X Craig Holland (Sep 25)
- Re: ARIN Routing Registry vs RADB vs X Christian Koch (Sep 25)
- RE: ARIN Routing Registry vs RADB vs X Craig Holland (Sep 25)
- Re: ARIN Routing Registry vs RADB vs X Joe Provo (Sep 25)
- Re: ARIN Routing Registry vs RADB vs X Randy Bush (Sep 25)
- RE: ARIN Routing Registry vs RADB vs X Craig Holland (Sep 25)
- RE: ARIN Routing Registry vs RADB vs X David Schwartz (Sep 25)
- Re: ARIN Routing Registry vs RADB vs X bmanning (Sep 25)