On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 11:34:18 EST, jlewis@lewis.org said:
There are still numerous networks blocking 69/8. Probably more blocking 70/8 as most of the people who were behind the times with their filters blocking 69/8 fixed that /8 but still don't keep their filters up to date.
Can an early adopter of 70/8 please give Jon an address? :)
I was actually going to suggest that, but I've been pretty busy lately and can't guarantee how fast I'd get it setup and testing. If someone did want to lend me a small chunk of 70/8 (whatever minimum size might make it through most prefix length filters) I would have no problem with making a "70box" interface on 69box and testing reachability to the hosts checked when 69box was setup. Alternatively, the RIRs might consider doing this sort of thing before allocating IPs from new blocks. I know it's not their job to make sure IPs are routable (especially not on every remote network), but as holders of all the IPs, they are in the best position to setup such test sites that would expose problems before they're dumped on members. The only slightly tricky part is coming up with a large population of remote IPs to test for reachability. Or, perhaps IANA could even do this before assigning an IP block to an RIR. If either type of the above orgs wants to do this, I'm sure people from the community would be willing to help out if they don't have or don't want to dedicate staff to this type of project. It could be left to the community (or those who have been allocated or expect to be allocated IPs from these blocks) to try to notify broken networks about their outdated filters. I know from my own experience with it, that it's a pain to do since it's not always clear who to contact, and even when you get the right contact, they may not understand/care about the problem. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon Lewis *jlewis@lewis.org*| I route Senior Network Engineer | therefore you are Atlantic Net | _________ http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key_________