On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 02:25:43PM -0500, Jay Ashworth wrote: > ----- 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
But how do you know the Renesys allocations haven't been hijacked?? /bill