Average case performance vs. Worst-case guarantee

2003-09-25 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hi, I have this question to which I have not been able to get a conclusive answer (I have heard different things). When an ISP buys a router does it want a worst-case guarantee about the router's capabilities? Or will it buy a router which can give better performance in the average case (it

RIRs getting new /8s from IANA

2003-02-03 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hello, Could someone please answer the following question? Under exactly what conditions does an RIR qualify for a new /8 from IANA? Harsha.

Thank you everyone for all the help yesterday

2002-12-11 Thread Harsha Narayan

Route Views

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hello, Some prefixes in the Route Views routing table do not have a prefix length specified. For example, 4.0.0.0 and 61.0.0.0 do not have a prefix length specified in the Route Views routing table. 61/8 belongs to APNIC. 4/8 belongs to Genuity. Why is this? How does one find out the

/8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hello, Currently APNIC's policy means that if an organization can fully use a /26 (since 25% of /24=/26 and to satisfy the multihoming requirement the organization will need to have a prefix advertised by two or more ISPs) it can get a multihoming assignment from APNIC. If Class C /8s are

Re: Operational Issues with 69.0.0.0/8...

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
H. Didn't this entire thread start with just aggravation of new customers - to wit, folks in 69/8 having problems reaching places with filters that haven't been updated? s/filters that haven't been updated/key databases that have not been updated/, and it looks like we're right back

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hello, No, this is not the case. I enquired and it seems multihoming is not a justification for a /24 in any RIR. Does a network have to be able to fully utilize a /26 (25% of /24) in order to multihome? Harsha. On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Ejay Hire wrote: Having a /24 doesn't indicate you are a

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
, 10 Dec 2002, Harsha Narayan wrote: Hello, No, this is not the case. I enquired and it seems multihoming is not a justification for a /24 in any RIR. Does a network have to be able to fully utilize a /26 (25% of /24) in order to multihome? Harsha. On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Ejay

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
, and I have successfully used this as justification for a customer. http://www.arin.net/policy/2001_2.html -ej -Original Message- From: Harsha Narayan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:15 PM To: Ejay Hire Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FW: /8s

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hello, The policy says that a /24 of PA space can be given if the customer can show that it has an immediate requirement of 25% of the /24 = /26. That is the reason I asked if the multihomer has to be able to fully utilize a /26=25% of /24 to be able to multihome. Thanks, Harsha. On Tue, 10

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
reassignment from their upstream ISP, regardless of host requirements -ej -Original Message- From: Harsha Narayan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 1:41 PM To: Alec H. Peterson Cc: Ejay Hire; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: FW: /8s and filtering Hello, The policy

RE: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
My original question was how does this interact with the filtering policies - especially when the Class C space is used up - there are only three /8s left there. Harsha. On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Alec H. Peterson wrote: --On Tuesday, December 10, 2002 11:41 -0800 Harsha Narayan [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hello, Thank you very much everyone for all your replies. When Class C space gets used up, wouldn't the filtering policies have to change to allow the same kind of multihoming from the Class A space. Currently, a /24 from Class C is enough to get past filters. However later, a /22 (or is it

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
2) Small multihomers must get the ISP that assigns them address space to allocate them at least a /24 (with multihoming as the justification if needed). The ISP must agree to allow them to advertise their allocation through other providers and must agree to hear and announce the block

Re: FW: /8s and filtering

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hello, Yes, it is all classless now, but I saw Verio's policies and thought that it is the way ISPs filter. Also, the Jippi group filters at /21 except in the 192.0/7 space (where it is a /24). I didn't have enough knowledge to realize that classful was vestigal. Thanks, Harsha. On Tue, 10

Re: Operational Issues with 69.0.0.0/8...

2002-12-10 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hi, It would require a PKI and also require every router to support it. Harsha. On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Vadim Antonov wrote: On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Harsha Narayan wrote: Key databases: Using cryptography to authenticate routing updates gets messy very soon. Then, there will again

Re: Arin Smack down?

2002-11-21 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hi, Actually this is what I was also wondering - I thought that half the time LIRs don't register their assignments? Can anyone confirm this? Thanks, Harsha. I am shocked to see that there is a LIR that actually registers what they are supposed to (at least according to the RIPE region).

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2002-11-13 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hello, Are there some ISPs who filter prefixes longer than /19 or a /20?. I thought they filtered only prefixes which are longer than /24? Harsha.

Re: current apnic prefixes

2002-11-12 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hi, This is got very easily by using Google. Harsha. On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Randy Bush wrote: ripe-264 describes the blocks from which ripe is allocating and the longest prefix they are allocating in that block. what is the apnic equivalent of that document? randy

Re:

2002-11-12 Thread Harsha Narayan
November 2002 18:40 -0800 Harsha Narayan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do ISPs manage the allocations they get from the RIRs? More specifically, do they make the assignments from this sequentially or not? Are multihoming assignments to customers amidst non-multihoming assignments? I ask

Distinguishing multihoming from traffic engg.

2002-11-12 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hi, How does one find out if a prefix is due to multihoming or traffic engineering if the Origin AS is different from that of the parent prefix and there is no Origin AS path-prepending? (apart from looking up whois) Even if there is Origin AS path-prepending how do we know that the prefix

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2002-11-11 Thread Harsha Narayan
Hi, Can anyone please tell me the answer to the following question? How do ISPs manage the allocations they get from the RIRs? More specifically, do they make the assignments from this sequentially or not? Are multihoming assignments to customers amidst non-multihoming assignments? I