[ppml] IPv4 address and routing slot markets

[mcr at xdsinc.net]

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>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen Sprunk <stephen at sprunk.org> writes:
    Stephen> Thus spake "Bill Darte" <BillD at cait.wustl.edu>
    >> Please tell me simply what keeps those who wish to de-aggregate
    >> their available blocks beyond that which ARIN will
    >> sanction...from using the gray or black market to do so.

    Stephen> There is a theory that a non-trivial number of ISPs will
    Stephen> filter at ARIN's defined prefix lengths, and therefore
    Stephen> deaggregation beyond those lengths will be pointless unless
    Stephen> one only wants the block(s) for private use -- which none
    Stephen> of us should care about.

  I've tried that.
  There are ISPs too stupid to also announce the broader prefix, and
there is no ARIN policy or RFC that I can find that tells that they
should.
  How do I discover this?  When my customers are told that some people
can't reach their site.

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Michael Richardson <mcr at xdsinc.net>
XDS Inc, Ottawa, ON             
Personal: http://www.sandelman.ca/mcr/ 


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