[25193] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: geographical database of networks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Thu Sep 23 16:27:11 1999
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
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To: sblair@tivoli.com
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 13:36:04 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: mhempel@aestus.net (Matt Hempel), nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <37EA7EE6.B1C80A0A@tivoli.com> from "steve c blair" at Sep 23, 1999 08:26:30 PM
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Don't think so. the MIDS data, as I believe, works on forward data.
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> what about quarterman's maps. they used to cover this exact type of thing.
> where's jsq when you need him?
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> bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > Has anyone ever attempted to create a geographical database of networks?
> > > In other words, zone the world into pertinent, well-known blocks and do a
> > > network->zone key->value pair.
> > >
> > > --matt hempel
> >
> > You mean like HWB & KC did a couple years back at one of the IEPG
> > meetings? Or the in-addr <-> delegate map that was presented at the IEPG
> > meeting in Chicago in 1998? Granted, it was a fairly high-level map w/o
> > lots of detail. Much more could be done, including doing a really goofy
> > mapping of ASN, prefix, delegation triples.
> >
> > -- bill
>
> --
> take care......../sblair "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
> steve blair principal engineer Tivoli EMEA Advanced Technology Group
>
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