To the fellow members of the NANOG, In a follow-up to the previous message I mailed from kai@netcom.com: 206.82.160.0/22 was assigned to me from the Internic not even 10 days ago. This network is routed from NY via Moscow to Almaty,Kazakhstan to give the NATO Internetworking conference (Sept. 25-29th) IP connectivity. The Internic is the sole and ultimate assigning entity of IP space, and Sprint specifically rejected any support for me or my provider in obtaining at least a /20 assignment from the Internic, I was given this /22 assignment (while continuous usage of the link ensures this space will be used up in about 3-4 weeks, with /26 assignments going to BelCom's leased line customers) even though the Internic knew better about necessary route aggregation. I consider it extremely hostile from Sean Doran and hence Sprint to suddenly come and announce filtering of just those networks they are announcing on their own, ENCOURAGING OTHER NSPs TO DO LIKEWISE, bypass the ultimate arbitrator (Internic) , and hence instantly endanger an event that has cost BelCom, Digital Equipment Corporation and the Government of Kazakhstan in excess of 250 man hours and approximately US$50,000 so far. I can only strongly discourage the implementation of the prefix filtering for prefixes longer than /18 in 206.* through 239.* , as the failure of this event will result in lawsuits with damages sought that will positively exceed Sean's yearly salary. Not to mention, that I will ensure that the entire conference with 600 attendees and the Government of Kazakhstan will know about all of this from a press release I am preparing this minute, and I guess Arna-Sprint/Almaty can kiss some of their data licenses they have obtained from the government good-bye, too, shall this engineering terrorism against Sprint's own customers and customers thereof not cease and have the intended effect. Did I forget to mention that Arna-Sprint and SprintNet's X.25 service is hanging of a physical BelCom leased link, over there ? At least until tomorrow. Welcome to Kazakhstan. --- Kai Schlichting Internet Project Manager, BelCom, Inc. 515 Madison Ave Suite 2100 NY,NY 10022 212-705-9500 (voice) 212-755-0864 (fax) kai@belcom.net Ask us about Internet service in the CIS! Bringing Internet, where there is none (DUE to office move, phone numbers do not lead anywhere until Oct.1st, email is read 24h/7d)