[50389] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: routing table size
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (gg)
Sat Jul 27 14:24:28 2002
From: "gg" <ggregory@affinitas.net>
To: "Bradley Dunn" <bradley@dunn.org>,
"Ralph Doncaster" <ralph@istop.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 13:22:54 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Bradley wrote.....
"If you're not their customer they don't owe you anything. Period. No matter
how many times you post
to NANOG."
Hey...that reminds me of that old saying
"Money talks, <insert> walks>"
LOL
Gerardo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bradley Dunn" <bradley@dunn.org>
To: "Ralph Doncaster" <ralph@istop.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: routing table size
>
> On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Ralph Doncaster wrote:
>
> > If the size of the global routing table is really an important issue,
why
> > not start filtering /24 announcements?
>
> By all means, go ahead. You don't need anyone's permission. Report back
with
> your results.
>
> > I have more of a legal right to use my /20 since I pay ARIN >$2K/yr for
> > it, vs most /24 owners.
>
> Setting aside the fallacy that people have different rights based on how
much
> they paid for their allocation, you are of course free to announce
whatever
> slices of your /20 you want.
>
> What you seem to have trouble grasping, and this is the key point, is that
the
> rest of the world is free to ignore said announcements. If you're not
their
> customer they don't owe you anything. Period. No matter how many times you
post
> to NANOG.
>
> Bradley
>
