[4193] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The SWAMP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avi Freedman)
Mon Sep 9 01:38:00 1996
From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
To: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 01:37:11 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu, namedroppers@internic.net
In-Reply-To: <m0uzyvu-00080AC@rip.psg.com> from "Randy Bush" at Sep 8, 96 10:30:00 pm
> > I'd say the RA machines and root servers are something of common interest,
> > esp. to the people who "make things go". I can't think of many/any other
> > examples that I'd say deserve such special treatment.
>
> Skip RSs. They use address space from networks on which they reside,
> perfectly natural and reasonable.
>
> 'Deserve'? Is this like China 'deserves' a /8? Do root servers have egos
> that need coddling?
>
> Why do they NEED special address space? What's the matter with the address
> space of the normal networks in which they reside? If there is someing bad
> about those networks, then they need fixing, and access to the root (or
> other) servers will be fixed with that change.
>
> randy
Actually, I put my foot in this only to point out that if you're going
to announce routes, wasting 253*10 addresses might be worth not having to
deal with legitimizing /32 announcements for any reason.
But thinking about it, if each root server has a semi-permanent IP/route
attached to it, it's easier to move it to a different provider in case
of trouble/emergency/etc..., no?
Avi
