[YA] Fwd: Class B Purchase

Wed Oct 7 03:14:00 UTC 1998

On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Kim Hubbard wrote:

> Could you define "legitimately multihomed" please?  

I can define the "multihomed" part easily enough. However I think I would
rather hear what ARIN members have to say about the "legitimately" part.

There probably is a working definition already existing inpractice if not
in words. There are already a number of organizations who are multihomed
and who are announcing routes that are trapped by the nasty, naughty
Sprint filters. I suspect that if we examine those organizations we would
find some shared characteristics that would go a long way to defining
legitimacy.

Also, to be legitimately multihomed is to be a participant in the core of
the Internet. One could probably come up with a definition of what
technical standards must be met in order to participate in the Internet
core and then extrapolate legitimacy from that. Two 14.4kbps upstream
providers wouldn't fit the bill.

Note that I am not now and never have been a sheriff in the state of
Kansas. I am actually somebody else who does not work for Best.
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