Policy Statement on Address Space Allocations
George Herbert gherbert at crl.com
Tue Jan 30 04:41:15 CET 1996
> There is at least one very simple response. Set up some deviant CIX, say > IX195-8, let everyone with a shortish 195/8 prefix connect to it either > directly through their own provider, or indirectly through some tunnel, and > have IX195-8 announce reachability of 195/8. That is, in short, altern > topology to meet addresses when the converse is too hard. KRE detailed > that for the general case, but it would be even simpler in the case of > RIPE, since all the allocated network numbers are in the same geographical > area. I still think it would be worthwhile doing a top-down experiment with this sort of address structure around an easily aggregated geographical area, say the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California. I brought the idea up about 6 months ago and it floundered due to disinterest, but it still seems to be viable. -george william herbert gherbert at crl.com
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