----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Abley" <jab...@hopcount.ca>
> >> Quite so: UMD: Where will the old IP route after the 6 month period > >> is complete? Somewhere safe? > As I understand it (but ask UMD!) > > - D-Root is currently numbered out of a general-purpose UMD /16 into a > dedicated, specifically-assigned /24 > - the UMD /16 is not going anywhere > > The announcement is that D-Root is being renumbered, not that UMD is > renumbering its whole network. So, in short, UMD will still own the losing allocation, and be able to make relatively sure nothing else is placed at that IP (though of course they won't necessarily be able to make sure no one hijacks that entire prefix -- does Renesys have a pay-special-attention list?) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274