Verio Peering Question

Fri Sep 28 17:10:08 UTC 2001

At 09:57 AM 9/28/2001 -0700, Majdi S. Abbas wrote:

 >	Blaming Verio for the RIR's allocation policy simply does not make
 >sense.

Allow me to rephrase this slightly: Blaming the RIRs for Verio's filtering 
policy simply does not make sense.

There is no reason for the RIRs to change.  The system works, and works 
reasonably well today.  Verio's policy, if applied to Verio by Verio's 
peers, would not work.  (At least not from the POV of some multi-homed 
Verio downstreams.)

Also, if Verio would change their filters if the RIRs changed, then all the 
arguments about the Internet collapsing are inconsistent.  (Unless 
"workable microallocation policy" means eliminating most of the people who 
currently have /24s.)

You have already stated publicly you do not understand the implications of 
filtering.  Perhaps you should stop trying to defend that which you do not 
comprehend?

 >	--msa

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TTFN,
patrick