Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-11 Thread Tim Thorne
David Schwartz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not only would this increase the size of the global routing table, but this would actually decrease reliability for most basement multihomers. Basement multihomers tend to flap their routes more often than their upstreams. By not being inside a

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Forrest
I was also curious about this - if I am a customer who wants to multihome and can justify only a /24, I would go to an ISP which has an allocation from the Class C space rather than one from the Class A space. It doesn't matter. For all practical purposes, basement multihomers

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread N
comments inline On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 12:36:39PM -0600, Forrest wrote: I was also curious about this - if I am a customer who wants to multihome and can justify only a /24, I would go to an ISP which has an allocation from the Class C space rather than one from the Class A space.

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Ejay Hire
] Subject: Re: FW: /8s and filtering comments inline On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 12:36:39PM -0600, Forrest wrote: I was also curious about this - if I am a customer who wants to multihome and can justify only a /24, I would go to an ISP which has an allocation from the Class C space rather than

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Forrest
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, N wrote: comments inline If you're a smaller organization, perhaps you'll only have a /23 from your upstream provider. With the filtering that seems to be in place, it seems like the only way you can truly multihome with a /23 is if it happens to be in the

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
are a network of any particular size, ARIN ratified a policy that allows multihoming as justification for a /24. -ej -Original Message- From: N [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:01 PM To: Forrest Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: /8s and filtering

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread David Schwartz
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:36:39 -0600 (CST), Forrest wrote: Maybe I'm missing something, but what good would it do for someone to multihome if only their own providers accept their route, but nobody else does? I realize that their block should be still announced with their ISP's larger aggregate,

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Brian
multihoming as justification for a /24. -ej -Original Message- From: N [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:01 PM To: Forrest Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: /8s and filtering comments inline On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 12:36:39PM

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Ejay Hire
: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:15 PM To: Ejay Hire Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FW: /8s and filtering Hello, No, this is not the case. I enquired and it seems multihoming is not a justification for a /24 in any RIR. Does a network have to be able to fully utilize a /26 (25% of /24) in order

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
To: Forrest Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: /8s and filtering comments inline On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 12:36:39PM -0600, Forrest wrote: I was also curious about this - if I am a customer who wants to multihome and can justify only a /24, I would go

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Alec H. Peterson
--On Tuesday, December 10, 2002 13:08 -0600 Ejay Hire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having a /24 doesn't indicate you are a network of any particular size, ARIN ratified a policy that allows multihoming as justification for a /24. I am not aware of ARIN taking such action. To which policy are

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Alec H. Peterson
--On Tuesday, December 10, 2002 13:08 -0600 Ejay Hire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having a /24 doesn't indicate you are a network of any particular size, ARIN ratified a policy that allows multihoming as justification for a /24. I was thinking about PI space. ARIN did in fact ratify a policy

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
: FW: /8s and filtering comments inline On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 12:36:39PM -0600, Forrest wrote: I was also curious about this - if I am a customer who wants to multihome and can justify only a /24, I would go to an ISP which has an allocation from the Class C space

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Brian
ratified a policy that allows multihoming as justification for a /24. -ej -Original Message- From: N [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:01 PM To: Forrest Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: /8s and filtering comments

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Ejay Hire
. -Original Message- From: Alec H. Peterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:34 PM To: Ejay Hire; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FW: /8s and filtering --On Tuesday, December 10, 2002 13:08 -0600 Ejay Hire [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having a /24 doesn't indicate you

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Marshall Eubanks
are a network of any particular size, ARIN ratified a policy that allows multihoming as justification for a /24. -ej -Original Message- From: N [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:01 PM To: Forrest Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: /8s and filtering comments inline

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hello, The policy says that a /24 of PA space can be given if the customer can show that it has an immediate requirement of 25% of the /24 = /26. That is the reason I asked if the multihomer has to be able to fully utilize a /26=25% of /24 to be able to multihome. Thanks, Harsha. On Tue, 10

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Ejay Hire
To: Alec H. Peterson Cc: Ejay Hire; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FW: /8s and filtering Hello, The policy says that a /24 of PA space can be given if the customer can show that it has an immediate requirement of 25% of the /24 = /26. That is the reason I asked if the multihomer has to be able

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Alec H. Peterson
--On Tuesday, December 10, 2002 11:41 -0800 Harsha Narayan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, The policy says that a /24 of PA space can be given if the customer can show that it has an immediate requirement of 25% of the /24 = /26. Policy 2001-2 was ratified recently, which is separate and

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
reassignment from their upstream ISP, regardless of host requirements -ej -Original Message- From: Harsha Narayan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:41 PM To: Alec H. Peterson Cc: Ejay Hire; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FW: /8s and filtering Hello, The policy

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread bmanning
Hello, Now I am confused because I have got two sets of contradicting answers. Some say that anyone can multihome, some say that you need to be of a certain minimum size to multihome. May I know what is the right answer? I agree that allowing anyone to multihome would increase the

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
My original question was how does this interact with the filtering policies - especially when the Class C space is used up - there are only three /8s left there. Harsha. On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Alec H. Peterson wrote: --On Tuesday, December 10, 2002 11:41 -0800 Harsha Narayan [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread bmanning
Hello, No, this is not the case. I enquired and it seems multihoming is not a justification for a /24 in any RIR. Does a network have to be able to fully utilize a /26 (25% of /24) in order to multihome? Harsha. You do err, not knowing the scripture. To

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hello, Thank you very much everyone for all your replies. When Class C space gets used up, wouldn't the filtering policies have to change to allow the same kind of multihoming from the Class A space. Currently, a /24 from Class C is enough to get past filters. However later, a /22 (or is it

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
2) Small multihomers must get the ISP that assigns them address space to allocate them at least a /24 (with multihoming as the justification if needed). The ISP must agree to allow them to advertise their allocation through other providers and must agree to hear and announce the block

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread N
On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 12:45:42PM -0800, Harsha Narayan wrote: 2) Small multihomers must get the ISP that assigns them address space to allocate them at least a /24 (with multihoming as the justification if needed). The ISP must agree to allow them to advertise their allocation

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread william
Well, you can't easily multihome when announcing /23 or shorter but /24 will work fine for multihoming and that is why ARIN passed that policy. What is true, however, is that some isps will filter even /24s on their router, but in that case, there would still be a route to your netblock from

Re: FW: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Forrest
Now, however, that ARIN is discussing proposals such as 2002-5, 2002-6 and 2002-7 (with 2002-5 2002-6 most likely being passed within few months) ARIN maybe put in position of assigning smaller then /20 blocks and that is why I suggested on ARIN ppml mailing list that current

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread bmanning
but there is no class C space anymore. there is no class A space either. its all CIDR space and some providers have retained some vestigal classfull concepts in the creation/maintaince of their routing filters. a /24 may or may not get you past my filters. any you'll have no way to know

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread David Schwartz
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:45:42 -0800 (PST), Harsha Narayan wrote: Doesn't this mean that unless filtering policies change, after Class C space is used up, the multihomer will have to get a /22 from the ISP (since after Class C gets used up allocations will be made from Class A space). There are

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Todd A. Blank
Thank you! I thought that was the whole point of CIDR... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 4:54 PM To: Harsha Narayan Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FW: /8s and filtering

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hello, Yes, it is all classless now, but I saw Verio's policies and thought that it is the way ISPs filter. Also, the Jippi group filters at /21 except in the 192.0/7 space (where it is a /24). I didn't have enough knowledge to realize that classful was vestigal. Thanks, Harsha. On Tue, 10

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread bmanning
Clue! - as you know doubt are now aware, VERIO and Jippi are -two- of the tens of thousands of ISPs that make up the catanet that is the Internet. The published filtering policies of these two providers is a useful tool for others to determine why VERIO and Jippi are contributing to odd

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Stephen J. Wilcox
quit trolling! you dont.. ask them, view their website, view their looking glass, phone their noc... the internet is a large group of networks under independent administrations, they can do as they please and frequently do! Steve On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Harsha Narayan wrote: Hello, But how

Re: FW: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread william
I don't think even combined proposal would do it, best you can get is that everybody who supported at least one of the proposals would support the combined one and from last ARIN meeting number of large ISPs do not want any of these as they'd like to have more control over the customer so only

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread bmanning
Nope. Don't care either. thats their business. When/If we need to develop a business relationship with any of them, then we get to discuss our filtering policies as aligned with theirs. why do you care? Hello, But how do you know how many of the rest filter