ARIN to Allocate from 64.0.0.0/8

Wed Nov 10 16:50:57 UTC 1999

On Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 10:39:21AM -0500, Richard Jimmerson wrote:
> 
> This is a reminder of ARIN's message sent to NANOG on
> 10 September, 1999.
> 
> On November 22, 1999, ARIN will begin making allocations from
> the 64.0.0.0/8 block.  This will include allocations of /20
> and shorter prefixes, according to ARIN's minimum allocation
> policy.

I might almost be happy, except this breaks the oh-so-nice filter of
64.0.0.0/2 at borders (effectively reduces random src spoofed attacks
by 25%, and covers 127.0.0.0/8 as well). Go ARIN. </sarcasm>

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