[23913] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Wasted space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leo Bicknell)
Thu Apr 29 20:33:41 1999
From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
In-Reply-To: <19990429154804.51256@shrubbery.net> from Austin Schutz at "Apr 29, 1999 3:48: 4 pm"
To: tex@shrubbery.net (Austin Schutz)
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 20:31:43 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
In a previous e-mail, Austin Schutz said:
> While importing netblock data I discovered what must be common
> knowledge for most. A large portion of allocated space is not being announced.
> Equally exciting was the discovery that a large portion of space is
> maintainer-free, thus making it essentially impossible to have an exact
> accounting of who has what.
Who said you had to make your netblock visable to whatever
definition of "announced" you have to make it valid, and in use?
Just because it doesn't show up on your favorite looking glass
doesn't mean no one is using it, or has a legitimate need for it.
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Leo Bicknell - bicknell@ufp.org
Systems Engineer - Internetworking Engineer - CCIE 3440
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