Verio Decides what parts of the internet to drop

Thu Dec 2 20:46:15 UTC 1999

IMHOTS

Apparently for their convenience Verio has decided what parts of the Internet I
can get to. With no notification. This was (eventually) posted to the BSDI
mailing list when some of us were cut from access to the site we need to
maintain our OS.

For this I pay them.

Doug Denault
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"John A." wrote:
> 
> Heres a little more light on the subject.  This is a message we recieved
> from Verio explaining why anybody that goes through their network can't
> get to bsdi.  Because of this message, we are considering moving to a
> different backbone.
> 
> John A.
> Provide.Net
> Ypsilanti, MI
> 
> >Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 01:15:07 +0000
> >From: Wade Moeller <wmoeller at noc.verio.net>
> >To: smike at provide.net
> >Cc: Case Updates <updates at vanwebserv.verio.net>
> >Subject: [v-666704] Routing to BSDI.com
> >X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.1i
> >X-Disclaimer: My opinions are mine, and not those of anyone else.
> >
> >Hello there.  I am writing in regards to case #666704.  You have
> >opened this ticket complaining that you cannot reach bsdi.com.  I am
> >going to explain to you exactly what is happening and who needs to
> >fix this.
> >
> >What is happening:
> >       Cray Computer Corp. split up their Class B into two /17 networks
> >and gave routing control over those IPs to 2 different ISPs.  Below
> >are the routes being announced and the IP delegation from ARIN.
> >
> >First half of the Class B:
> >BGP routing table entry for 134.195.0.0/17, version 15625171
> >Paths: (7 available, best #3)
> >  Advertised to peer-groups:
> >     internal pop rr-pop
> >  1 3404
> >    165.117.56.98 (metric 33) from 165.117.1.145 (165.117.1.145)
> >      Origin incomplete, metric 4294967294, localpref 100, valid,
> >internal
> >      Community: 1:1000 2548:183 2548:666 3706:153
> >
> >Second half of the Class B:
> >BGP routing table entry for 134.195.128.0/17, version 15624883
> >Paths: (19 available, best #13)
> >  Advertised to peer-groups:
> >     internal pop rr-pop
> >  1 10487
> >    165.117.56.98 (metric 33) from 165.117.1.145 (165.117.1.145)
> >      Origin IGP, metric 4294967294, localpref 100, valid, internal
> >      Community: 1:1000 2548:183 2548:666 3706:153
> >
> >Arin Delegation:
> >Cray Computer Corporation (NET-CRAYCOS)
> >   P.O. Box 17500
> >   Colorado Springs, CO 80935
> >
> >   Netname: CRAYCOS
> >   Netnumber: 134.195.0.0
> >
> >Verio has a BGP policy where we limit what announcements we will
> >listen to when they are advertised to use.  This is keep the size of
> >the routing table in check.  The policy is as follows:
> >
> >0.0.0.0-127.255.255.255 Verio will listen to no announcements less
> >then a /20
> >128.0.0.0-191.255.255.255 Verio will listen to no announcement less
> >then a /16
> >192.0.0.0-223.255.255.255 Verio will listen to no announcement less
> >then a /24.
> >
> >We have modeled this after the allocation boundaries in use by ARIN,
> >IE ARIN will not give out a /17 in the 128.0.0.0-191.255.255.255 IP
> >space.
> >
> >Therefore we are ignoring the two /17 announcements since we will only
> >accept them as a single /16 announcement.
> >
> >This is the current Verio policy and this is the future Verio policy.
> >There has been much discussion of this policy and it is still in place
> >so it will not be changing in the foreseeable future.
> >
> >Who needs to fix this:
> >       As you can see the routes for each net-block is going through
> >BBNPlanet (AS1) and then onto Colorado Internet Cooperative
> >Association (AS3404) and Simple Network Communications, Inc.
> >(AS10487).  Those last two companies need to consolidate their
> >announcements so that they are able to announce the entire /16.
> >Alternatively they may ask BBNPlanet to aggregate the the /17s into
> >one /16 which we will listen to.  These are the only 2 actions that
> >will let Verio's routers see those networks and route to them.
> >
> >If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to ask.
> >
> >--
> >Wade Moeller                                      Network Tech I
> >wmoeller at noc.verio.net                 (800)551-1630
> >Here an OS, there an OS....I need more computers.
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