From gih@aarnet.edu.au Tue Jul 12 19:27:23 1994
On the 8 July update the following entry was added to the NSFNET policy routing database...
203.0/10 AUSTRALIA-CIDR-BLK C:AU 1:372 2:297
Expanded listing, sorted by country, then by organization: ==========================================================
...
Australia ---------
AARNet NIC, GPO Box 1142, Canberra, ACT, 2601, AUSTRALIA 1:372 Nasa Science Network (FIX-West) 2:297 Nasa Science Network (FIX-East) -------- 203.0/10 AUSTRALIA-CIDR-BLK (AU)
On the 12th July I noted the following updates...
203.5.31/24 NET-TAU-AU C:AU 1:372 2:297 203.5.215/24 SILCARBURNIE-AU C:AU 1:372 2:297
......
203.6.125/24 AUS-GOV-DEF5-AU C:AU 1:372 2:297 203.6.126/24 AUS-GOV-DEF5-AU C:AU 1:372 2:297 203.6.127/24 AUS-GOV-DEF5-AU C:AU 1:372 2:297
It would appear to make some sense to remove all the specific announcements from the CIDR block 203.0/10 from the NSFNET PRDB, as long as NASA is announcing 203.0/10 to the NSFNET at FIX WEST, but as these come via NASA I was wondering what the story is.
regards,
Geoff Huston AARNet
(in the interests of a smaller NSFNET routing table!)
Geoff, NASA may have reasons for doing it this way. In general, we encourage everyone to register any more-specific component pieces not needed in the NSFNET/ANSnet configuration files in the Merit RRDB rather than in the PRDB. We have a "no configure" option flag in the PRDB to prevent a more specific route from being configured if people tell us, but bypassing the PRDB for direct RRDB registration is now the preferable option in such "no configure" cases. --Steve Widmayer / Merit