18 Dec
1995
18 Dec
'95
10:36 p.m.
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