In message <199512190336.WAA10374@netaxs.com>, Avi Freedman writes:
But I still see 4 /24s advertised in 208/8:
208.0.1.0 208.0.4.0 208.0.5.0 208.0.9.0
Now, besides the fact that 208.0.4.0 & 208.0.5.0 could be 208.0.4.0/23 (grin), what IS the appropriate way to deal with an ongoing situation where un-NIC-allocated IP space is advertised on the Internet?
We have no plans to implement incoming route filters on 208/8 - who knows when the NIC will start allocating out of it.
Obviously, having announcements of unallocated address space "work" for the long term is a bad precedent to set. Yes, it can be a pain to deal with the NIC (which is following policies approved of by most NSPs) to get address space, but ...
Avi
These are not registered in the IRR so ANS won't route to them. Curtis