[108279] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN Routing Registry vs RADB vs X
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Provo)
Fri Sep 26 00:02:33 2008
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:02:22 -0400
From: Joe Provo <nanog-post@rsuc.gweep.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <3FEEC5BE16966148B912DEB0FF34C81C7B224A@BE09.exg4.exghost.com>
Reply-To: nanog-post@rsuc.gweep.net
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On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 05:57:20PM -0500, Craig Holland wrote:
> They gave no particular reason. I figured I'd ask ya'all before I
> started to push back and use phrases like 'silly', 'ridiculous', and
> 'pointless' in my argument to them.
Allow me:
It is silly to attempt to use only a single registry-of-origin
from the IRR mesh. If reading specifications is too difficult,
a cursory reading of just the irr.net website shows how ridiculous
such an implementation would be. Given the system is designed
to be distributed, only eating a single origin is pointless.
All that said, it is not uncommon for a provider who operates
a proper routing registry to force all but the demonstrably
clueful customers into theirs.
Cheers,
Joe
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