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class=905535619-11062003>This doesn't seem to be much of a problem with
prefixes less than or equal to /24. Domestically, Verio is the big
exception. They seem to filter anything longer than a
/20.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=905535619-11062003>-Ejay</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=905535619-11062003> </SPAN>-----Original
Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Temkin, David
[mailto:temkin@sig.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 11, 2003 2:04
PM<BR><B>To:</B> nanog@merit.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> Minimum prefix
length?<BR><BR></DIV></FONT></FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>A few years ago I had an issue with a few of the
larger carriers rejecting my routes (from a natural Class B space) because
their prefix length was too short (at one point I simply had the /16 divided
into two /17's and this still got rejected in some places). I can't
remember which carriers exactly, but it may have been some larger transit
providers like AboveNet/etc.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone know what the current attitude is by
carriers about this? Nowadays with ever-growing memory and CPU it
doesn't seem like it's as much of an issue. In an environment where
we're all trying to conserve address space watching natural boundries doesn't
seem all that smart.</FONT></P><BR><BR><BR>
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