Resent: Allocating a LIR an IP block per use

On Mon, 6 Dec 1999, Lars Marowsky-Bree wrote:

>> Which is a (serious?) waste of address space, since it requires at least two
>> times the same assignment. On the other hand, it saves one ASN and one
>> potential new buggy AS is kept away from the BGP4, so it probably evens out.

Agree with that part, though everything depends on NAT implementation (the
possibility of address reusage) and the size of the customer network. And
yes - it doesn't provide all the benefits that BGP does.

On the other hand, convincing RIPE NCC to provide PI addresses might even
be much easier than convincing Sprint to remove their filters for such
customer networks. The main reason Sprint uses to filter BGP announcments
on /19 is the size of the routing table and a large amount of updates for
small networks.

Regards,
Beri
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