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Re: BGP announcements and small providers

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex.Bligh)
Tue Feb 25 17:09:22 1997

To: Tim Pozar <pozar@kumr.lns.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 25 Feb 1997 12:53:49 PST."
             <199702252053.MAA29077@kumr.lns.com> 
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 22:04:20 +0000
From: "Alex.Bligh" <amb@xara.net>

> Knowing that NSPs are filtering /24s, how does an Internet Content
> Provider (ICP) with just a /24 (all that is needed) that is wishing
> to be dual-homed see all of the net?

Swamp /24, or use most of a /18|/19 underutilized, or better use more
intelligence than "just" BGP - for instance Paul Vixie's stuff at the
last NANOG.

Alex Bligh
Xara Networks




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