At 06:46 PM 9/14/00 -0400, you wrote:
On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 02:50:07PM -0700, Sean Donelan wrote:
If folks are going to deaggregate the addresses and announce multiple routes anyway, why are we going through the pain of ARIN policies. Wouldn't it be better to allocate the appropriately sized address in the first place?
Yes, it would. It would seem ARIN should allocate small blocks on a trade-in only policy. You can get a /24, but when you go to a /23 you _will_ renumber, and soforth up to a /19 or so, at which time when you need more you get an additional prefix.
That way you limit it to 1 route per ASN for small players, and everyone can multihome.
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What an administrative nightmare! Wouldn't it make more sense if ARIN would at least reserve some space for people saying they need more? They could always re-allocate it later. Renumbering can be tough, especially if you're growing fast... Brantley ____________NetZero Free Internet Access and Email_________ Download Now http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html Request a CDROM 1-800-333-3633 ___________________________________________________________