On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 08:01:58AM -0500, Justin M. Streiner wrote: > On Thu, 12 Jan 2012, Paul Kaminsky wrote: > > >We are at a stage where we need an all-out uplink vendor to fuel our > >business endeavor. The bells and whistles we need are: > > > >1. 1 Gbps link with complete block of UDP/ICMP protocol > >2. BGP session with our AS > >3. Ability to blackhole (no route to host) by /32 prefix > >4. Presence in Equinix SV1 or SV5 (San Jose) DC's - this is not mandatory, > >we're open for suggestions > > > >If you feel your company measures up or is a cut above the rest, please > >get in touch with us to discuss the specific details. > > Note: I am not a vendor. > > One question: > 1. Not knowing anything about your business, is there a specific reason > that you want "a complete block of UDP/ICMP protocol"? That can be > problematic with IPv4, and downright foolish with IPv6. > > jms
perhaps we are walking around w/ incomplete notions of what constitutes a "complete block of UDP/ICMP protocol"... for me, literally,this makes no sense whatsoever. ratcheting back on my literal filter (be liberal in what you accept) I beleive what he is asking for is a contigious block of IP addresses for use in his network. am also making the inference that he is only looking for IPv4 (no route to host by /32 prefix). so the only remaining, burning question is - what size block? a /33? a /31? maybe a /28? or a /22? a /19? (the /33 is right out... filtering on /32 would block both hosts!) I think its quite reasonable to expect a contigious block of addresses, regardless of address family. Not at all "downright foolish". It is rare to see someone -not- get a contigious block. ymmv of course. /bill