[4190] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The SWAMP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randy Bush)
Mon Sep 9 01:14:12 1996
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 96 22:13 PDT
From: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
To: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu, namedroppers <namedroppers@internic.net>
>> We have considered assigning a /32 to each root name server and asking
>> everybody in the universe to carry these 10 or so routes in the interest
>> of complete and permanent provider independence. So rather than worry
>> about the /24's ... :-)
>
> If there has to be a separate route for each one anyway, why not just
> blow 253*10 addresses and announce a /24 for each root name server, even
> if only one IP out of each /24 is used?
>
> Less CPU to blow holes in filters that normally deny> /24.
I agree with your ammendment to the proposal. It makes it somewhat more
sensible.
But I gotta ask why we have to pollute the world with a few more /24s.
Everybody who has introduced /24s probably thinks that their reason is
justified. Commons, meet sheep.
randy
