On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Leo Bicknell wrote:
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 18:46:31 -0400 From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: Why did we do CIDR? (RE: Confussion over multi-homing)
On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 02:50:07PM -0700, Sean Donelan wrote:
If folks are going to deaggregate the addresses and announce multiple routes anyway, why are we going through the pain of ARIN policies. Wouldn't it be better to allocate the appropriately sized address in the first place?
Yes, it would. It would seem ARIN should allocate small blocks on a trade-in only policy. You can get a /24, but when you go to a /23 you _will_ renumber, and soforth up to a /19 or so, at which time when you need more you get an additional prefix.
That way you limit it to 1 route per ASN for small players, and everyone can multihome.
One route per AS would be nice, however, renumbering every time additional space is required is just not possible in some cases. It seems every time I turn around, I find myself requesting more address space, and according to ARIN policies, demand=supply (ie, if you can prove you have a need for it, you will get it).
Leo Bicknell - bicknell@ufp.org
--- Brad brad@americanisp.net