routing table size

gg ggregory at affinitas.net
Sat Jul 27 18:22:54 UTC 2002


Bradley wrote.....

"If you're not their customer they don't owe you anything. Period. No matter
how many times you post
to NANOG."

Hey...that reminds me of that old saying

"Money talks, <insert> walks>"

LOL

Gerardo



----- Original Message -----
From: "Bradley Dunn" <bradley at dunn.org>
To: "Ralph Doncaster" <ralph at istop.com>
Cc: <nanog at merit.edu>
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: routing table size


>
> On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Ralph Doncaster wrote:
>
> > If the size of the global routing table is really an important issue,
why
> > not start filtering /24 announcements?
>
> By all means, go ahead. You don't need anyone's permission. Report back
with
> your results.
>
> > I have more of a legal right to use my /20 since I pay ARIN >$2K/yr for
> > it, vs most /24 owners.
>
> Setting aside the fallacy that people have different rights based on how
much
> they paid for their allocation, you are of course free to announce
whatever
> slices of your /20 you want.
>
> What you seem to have trouble grasping, and this is the key point, is that
the
> rest of the world is free to ignore said announcements. If you're not
their
> customer they don't owe you anything. Period. No matter how many times you
post
> to NANOG.
>
> Bradley
>




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