Re: Why did we do CIDR? (RE: Confussion over multi-homing)

[Brantley Jones <bjones () redundant net>]

At 06:46 PM 9/14/00 -0400, you wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 02:50:07PM -0700, Sean Donelan wrote:
> > If folks are going to deaggregate the addresses and announce multiple 
> routes
> > anyway, why are we going through the pain of ARIN policies.  Wouldn't it be
> > better to allocate the appropriately sized address in the first place?
>
>         Yes, it would.  It would seem ARIN should allocate small blocks on
> a trade-in only policy.  You can get a /24, but when you go to a /23 you
> _will_ renumber, and soforth up to a /19 or so, at which time when you need
> more you get an additional prefix.
>
>         That way you limit it to 1 route per ASN for small players, and
> everyone can multihome.
>
> --
> Leo Bicknell - bicknell () ufp org
> Systems Engineer - Internetworking Engineer - CCIE 3440
> Read TMBG List - tmbg-list-request () tmbg org, www.tmbg.org

What an administrative nightmare!  Wouldn't it make more sense if ARIN 
would at least reserve some space for people saying they need more?  They 
could always re-allocate it later.  Renumbering can be tough, especially if 
you're growing fast...

Brantley


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