On .nanog you wrote:
A provider has made the claim to me that RIPE is allocating /24's addresses to various European providers. Is this true? What affect does this have on providers with prefix-length filters?
Or is this provider just mis-reading the RIPE allocation database.
I think he is misreading the allocation database. The minimum allocation size used to be /19 and will become (or is) /20 to facilitate smaller providers. A /24 will not be allocated. What may be the case is that when you get *assigned* a /19, you're not allowed to use it without RIPE's knowledge. During your first own assignements, you'll have to ask RIPE for approval. But that does _not_ imply that you're not allowed to announce the full block (which is even specifically noted in the doc's, it's just that you're not allowed ot _use_ (or re-assign) anything. -Ed -- Edvard Tuinder Cistron Internet Services Finger ed@cistron.nl for PGP key