How Not to Multihome

Tue Oct 9 15:25:22 UTC 2007

On Oct 9, 2007, at 8:15 AM, Jamie Bowden wrote:

>> On Oct 8, 2007, at 6:45 PM, Justin M. Streiner wrote:
>>> On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
>>
>>>> If you do you have permission from the owner of the block, you
>>>> Should Not Announce it.
>>>
>>> Agreed.
>>>
>>
>> I stated above that you should not announce another provider's space
>> without their permission, and you specifically agreed.  Here you are
>> talking about that space being announced without the owner's
>> knowledge.  Make up your mind.
>>
>> We both agree that announcing another provider's space without their
>> consent is a Very Bad Thing.  I doubt you will find people willing to
>> post here to the contrary.  If the owner _does_ know the space is
>> being announced, the edge filters are no different whether it is
>> originated in the second upstream's ASN or an ASN owned by the  
>> customer.
>>
>> So again, I ask, how is that different?

> You'll note that you left a word out above.  He's agreeing that  
> even if
> you do have permission, you shouldn't announce space from another
> provider.

Type-o's suck.  Thanx for pointing it out.

Sorry for the confusion.

Justin, if Provider A _has_ permission from Provider B to announce a  
prefix, do you believe Provider A should be allowed to announce the  
prefix?

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TTFN,
patrick