IPv4 and ASN Policy draft on-line

At 09:51 24/09/01 -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
> >> in arin-land, i think they actually ask to see proof of dual-homing before
> >> issuing the asn.but you want to TEST that it is actually deployed.what
> >> is not clear to me is HOW to do that.please take into account the problem
> >> of bgp best-path-only propagation.
> > I do the same in RIPEland as well.  BGP best-path-only does put a crimp in
> > the works which is why one needs to check a few public route servers.  I
> > cycle thru all multihomers (that I have allocated) every few months and
> > check 3-4 large route servers or LGs and see who doesn't show up at all
> > (went bellyup) or has only 1 path (dropped the 2nd due to economic
> > downturn).
>
>expecting an ec-style bureaucracy (<g>) to do something like that seems
>unreasonable.  what if one link is down for a day or a week (should a metric
>week have ten days?:-)?  i suspect this is among the reasons the rirs use
>more administrative tests.  all in all, it's a pain.

One can't be too strict.  I give them 2 months to fix.  Then they get 
another email.  Still not fixed - then they a registered postal letter.  Of 
the 70 ASNs I have allocated since 1996, I have revoked 10 (and returned to 
the RIPE pool), 5 of which were this year.  Its a pain, but unless ear LIR 
does it, then we will end up with the same problem we have with IPv4 
address space.

-Hank


>randy