[44029] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: 214/8 and 215/8
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Provo)
Thu Nov 1 09:52:31 2001
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 09:51:53 -0500
From: Joe Provo <joe.provo@rcn.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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On Thu, Nov 01, 2001 at 11:44:50AM +1000, Philip Smith wrote:
> I seem to remember that they were exchanged for 49/8 and 50/8. Seems a
> bit odd that this was done, and I'd love to know what the technical or
> operational or political advantage was. Maybe the IANA folks can shed
> more light?
Obvious immediate advantage: bypass A-space filters. They probably also
have swampy /24s that need visibility as such but couldn't be renumbered
until after having non-A-space.
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