[148327] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: In search of uplink vendor
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Thu Jan 12 12:08:34 2012
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:07:35 +0000
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
To: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1201120755410.13233@whammy.cluebyfour.org>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 08:01:58AM -0500, Justin M. Streiner wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2012, Paul Kaminsky wrote:
>
> >We are at a stage where we need an all-out uplink vendor to fuel our
> >business endeavor. The bells and whistles we need are:
> >
> >1. 1 Gbps link with complete block of UDP/ICMP protocol
> >2. BGP session with our AS
> >3. Ability to blackhole (no route to host) by /32 prefix
> >4. Presence in Equinix SV1 or SV5 (San Jose) DC's - this is not mandatory,
> >we're open for suggestions
> >
> >If you feel your company measures up or is a cut above the rest, please
> >get in touch with us to discuss the specific details.
>
> Note: I am not a vendor.
>
> One question:
> 1. Not knowing anything about your business, is there a specific reason
> that you want "a complete block of UDP/ICMP protocol"? That can be
> problematic with IPv4, and downright foolish with IPv6.
>
> jms
perhaps we are walking around w/ incomplete notions of what
constitutes a "complete block of UDP/ICMP protocol"...
for me, literally,this makes no sense whatsoever. ratcheting back
on my literal filter (be liberal in what you accept) I beleive
what he is asking for is a contigious block of IP addresses
for use in his network. am also making the inference that he is
only looking for IPv4 (no route to host by /32 prefix).
so the only remaining, burning question is - what size block?
a /33? a /31? maybe a /28? or a /22? a /19?
(the /33 is right out... filtering on /32 would block both hosts!)
I think its quite reasonable to expect a contigious block of addresses,
regardless of address family. Not at all "downright foolish".
It is rare to see someone -not- get a contigious block.
ymmv of course.
/bill
