[arin-ppml] Abandonment of 103/104

michael.dillon at bt.com michael.dillon at bt.com
Thu Dec 24 04:19:57 EST 2009


> You may want to peruse this IRTF RRG discussion on this topic:
> http://www.ops.ietf.org/lists/rrg/2008/msg01781.html .
> 
> The short short version is: geographic route aggregation has 
> been demonstrated impractical because aggregation depends on 
> administrative vectors (e.g. which ISP you pay and which ones 
> they pay) as well physical and technological factors. For the 
> long version with the step-by-step gory details, read the the 
> RRG thread.

That is a discussion about replacing the current routing
paradigm with a geographically-based routing paradigm
CA addressing is not about replacing anything but about
providing an additional option for people to work with.
The economic issues are for others to work out, and if
you don't try to reengineer the entire network, then they
are a non-issue.

--Michael Dillon



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