Re: a radical proposal (Re: protocols that don't meet the need...)

Edward B. DREGER wrote:

PJ> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:46:33 +0000 (GMT) PJ> From: Paul Jakma

PJ> Well you don't need to assign an ASN for Cox and SBC to announce a shared PJ> prefix for a start off.

Technically true, but administratively not feasible. Coordinating private ASNs would be similar to coordining RFC1918 space between different entities, although it's definitely a nice goal.

I'd say you already fail at coordinating Cox and SBC before any link is up and prefixes get announced. I bet they can't even agree on which of them writes the prefix and ASN application to ARIN. $realworld always wins. -- Andre