69.0.0.0/8 - Please update your filters

Wed Feb 26 18:27:26 UTC 2003

Just a data point to add here.   when you have tried the other means of
contact first, nanog has been helpful for getting things done.  I had
started having issue with the 69 blocks back in September and when posting
for help all the networks had someone respond very quickly and it was
resolved.  Again, its good to have this common operational area to work
these things out.

On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Todd A. Blank wrote:

>
> In my original thread, I referred to the "orphaned" equipment in use in
> many networks.  I am sure it does not help when organizations have
> massive layoffs and the people that put these filters in place or
> originally managed the offending devices are no longer employed by the
> organization in question.
>
> As once told to me by a prior employer of mine (right before he
> eliminated my job):
>
> "After all, once the network is up and running, who needs all those
> "extra" people to manage it?" :-)
>
> Todd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sameer R. Manek [mailto:manek at ecst.csuchico.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:58 AM
> To: Todd A. Blank; jlewis at lewis.org; haesu at towardex.com
> Cc: stephen at sprunk.org; eddy+public+spam at noc.everquick.net;
> nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: RE: 69.0.0.0/8 - Please update your filters
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> > Todd A. Blank
> >
> > We were an early user of the 69/8 address space.  I started the
> original
> > thread on this subject back in Sept/Oct 2002.  While I am very
> disturbed
> > (but not surprised) to find out that there are still serious issues
> with
> > networks acknowledging this allocation, this is one of the best
> > suggestions I have seen for doing something to force the issue.
> >
>
> Filters once in place are rarely removed, unless the maintainers of the
> filters are notified about a specific problem. Even then the filters
> never
> completely go away. There is always a device or two in everyone's
> network
> that have been forgotten about, with outdated filters.
>
> Sameer
>
>
>