[88433] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: So -- what did happen to Panix?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Provo)
Sun Feb 5 18:12:09 2006
Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:11:28 -0500
From: Joe Provo <nanog-post@rsuc.gweep.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Reply-To: nanog-post@rsuc.gweep.net
In-Reply-To: <43E3ABE1.6070103@cc.gatech.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 02:15:45PM -0500, Nick Feamster wrote:
[snip]
> This is a losing proposition. The data in the IRR, CA, or any mechanism
> that is updated out-of-band from the protocol itself will inherently be
> out-of-sync.
Provisioning systems are out of synch with the protocol, but essential
for many(maont?) networks' connectivity. Many providers who do use the
IRR have it as an adjunct/offshoot of their provisionign system.
Of course, to some monolithic entities the suggestion that any alteration
(or $deity-forbid, a not-invented-here *improvement*) to their system
is anathema.
[snip some interesting stuff]
> > If you are changing providers, which takes
> >awhile anyway,
>
> That process seems to be getting quicker:
> http://www.equinix.com/prod_serv/network/ed.htm
See 'whois -h whois.radb.net rs-ed-ash' and similar objects; great
support for "IRR as externally-relevant portion of a provisioning
system".
Cheers,
Joe
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RSUC / GweepNet / Spunk / FnB / Usenix / SAGE
