Re: InterNIC - We put the "I" in incompetent.

[George Herbert <gherbert () crl com>]

Michael Dillon <michael () memra com> wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, I Am Not An Isp wrote:
> > > >    NS1.ENTERZONE.NET            209.41.244.5
> > > >    NS2.ENTERZONE.NET            209.41.244.6
> > >
> > > Hmm... same subnet...
> >
> > Michael, you should know better than that.  I do not see a subnet mask on
> > these IP addresses.  There is nothing stopping a Network Operator from
> > making these /32s and putting them on different networks.
>
> Nothing except community consensus that it is a *BAD* thing to pollute the
> global routing table with lots of long prefixes.

Could be internally divided within a single external announcement
from one AS.

However, I think we all know this is nitpicking and the odds that
these systems are further apart than about 20 feet approach zero.


-george william herbert
gherbert () crl com