[48662] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Error in assignments....?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sabri Berisha)
Tue Jun 11 15:06:40 2002
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 21:06:07 +0200 (CEST)
From: Sabri Berisha <sabri@cluecentral.net>
To: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@opaltelecom.co.uk>
Cc: Kurt Erik Lindqvist <kurtis@kurtis.pp.se>,
"nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0206111600170.32335-100000@staff.opaltelecom.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:
> Ugh, this is why ASN's exist and is why ppl have been posting about
> inconsistent BGP announcements of late
>
> If you originate the same block from 2 ASNs then you no longer have a
> single administrative area and need a 3rd ASN as per the RFC.
And if your regional registry refuses to assign an ASN you are cooked and
you will probably end up using a solution like this. I'm not saying its
good, I'm saying its bad, but unfortunately common practice.
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