[48664] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Error in assignments....?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim McKee)
Tue Jun 11 15:37:51 2002
From: "Tim McKee" <trm3@nuvox.net>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 15:37:15 -0400
In-Reply-To: <20020611210425.N3049-100000@doos.cluecentral.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
This config can also exist for an interim period whilst a customer is
switching providers - hopefully the ex-provider will clean up, but there is
nothing now in place to enforce it.
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of
Sabri Berisha
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 15:06
To: Stephen J. Wilcox
Cc: Kurt Erik Lindqvist; nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Error in assignments....?
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.
--
Sabri Berisha
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