[75720] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: large multi-site enterprises and PI prefix [Re: who gets a /32 [Re: IPV6 renumbering painless?]]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com)
Sun Nov 21 18:49:16 2004
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:47:38 +0000
From: bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com
To: Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>
Cc: North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0411211442020.14769@netcore.fi>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> >So a single large address block is of little use to such an organization,
> >unless they get to announce more specifics all over the place.
>
> This seems to imply several things:
> - when having lots of sites, you typically want to obtain local
> Internet connectivity, because transporting all the traffic over
> links or VPNs is a pretty heavy business
this is an assertion which many have claimed is false.
based on empericial evidence.
> - you don't want to backhaul all the traffic in the internal network
> / VPNs, so you'll either need to announce a lot of more specifics
> or use IP addresses from local internet providers
this is also an assertion based on false premise.
> Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the
> Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds."
> Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
