Actually, I misspoke earlier, but not quite. ;-) Rob Beverly has an ongoing project which I have wholly endorsed, but it has gotten relatively little attention: http://spoofer.csail.mit.edu/ I would highly recommend that folks how choose to so, please participate. :-) - ferg p.s. Statistics available: http://spoofer.csail.mit.edu/summary.php -- Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote: On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Fergie wrote:

I don't want to detract from the heat of this discussion, as important as it is, but it (the discussion) illustrates a point that RIPE has recognized -- and is actively perusing -- yet, ISPs on this continent seem consistently to ignore: The consistent implementation of BCP 38.

It is nothing less than irresponsible, IMO...

Why _is_ that?

Do you have any data concerning the actual consistent deployment of BCP38++ in different parts of the world? -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/