maximum ipv4 bgp prefix length of /24 ?

Fri Sep 29 21:11:33 UTC 2023

/32s are perfectly valid in the DMS, but there is currently an IETF limit of ~500M of them (the other 3.5B are not yet released to the RIRs, only 2000::/3).

Owen

> On Sep 29, 2023, at 12:54, Collider <large.hadron.collider at gmx.com> wrote:
> 
> This thread is utter amateur hour. I too would rather /32s be valid in the DFZ - but they're not, for good reason (worstcase scenario = circa 4 bln. routing table entries - no BGP hwaccel can swing that!).
> 
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> Le 29 septembre 2023 19:51:29 UTC, Seth Mattinen via NANOG <nanog at nanog.org> a écrit :
>> On 9/29/23 10:24, VOLKAN SALİH wrote:
>>> 
>>> you guys become rich this way.. by playing penny pincher.
>>> 
>>> I asked global firms like Huawei, not some local company called ADAMS!
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> You joined the wrong mailing list then. This is NANOG, which has companies of all sizes and private individuals operating networks. This is not a "global firms" mailing list.
>> 
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