[332] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: CIDR FAQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hank Nussbacher)
Thu Aug 17 17:49:50 1995
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 95 00:24:30 IST
From: Hank Nussbacher <HANK@taunivm.tau.ac.il>
To: Yakov Rekhter <yakov@cisco.com>, Paul A Vixie <paul@vix.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 16 Aug 95 13:09:52 PDT from <yakov@cisco.com>
On Wed, 16 Aug 95 13:09:52 PDT you said:
>Paul,
>
>> New allocations are (as of 1466bis) being done through providers, on CIDRized
>> lines. Whether IPv4 or IPv6, new allocations are not going to badly impact
>> the core routing table size.
>
>Does that mean that all the internet registries no longer allocate
>/24 (or longer) prefixes that have nothing to do with the actual
>Internet topology (these prefixes aka "portable addresses") ? Perhaps
>folks from various Internet registries would be able to answer this
>question.
I assign /22s to ISPs. When they use them up I give them another /22.
Private companies that show a need for a /24 are assigned a /24.
>Yakov.
Hank
