[335] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: CIDR FAQ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@ISI.EDU)
Thu Aug 17 18:10:08 1995
From: bmanning@ISI.EDU
To: HANK@taunivm.tau.ac.il (Hank Nussbacher)
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 14:57:40 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: yakov@cisco.com, paul@vix.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199508172132.RAA28325@merit.edu> from "Hank Nussbacher" at Aug 18, 95 00:24:30 am
> >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.
>
Ah. here is the rub. When you ISP buddies come back, you should ask
them to return the origianal /22 for a /20. That way, the total size
of the routing system stays the same!
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--bill
