Re: Top-50 Report

[hostmaster]

Hello,

yes, I can seeyou!!!!!!


viele Gruesse
Thomas Waelde
(DENIC Hostmaster)

> 
> Actually - as of this week I mailed it automatically to 
> 
> nanog@merit.edu, eof-list@ripe.net, apops@apnic.net
> 
> However, for some reason I dont see the nanog message. not sure
> why. This is partly a test to see if I see this one.
> 
> 		--Tony
> 
>  Tony Barber <tonyb@uunet.pipex.com> writes:
>   * Tony Bates wrote:
>   * >
>   * >
>   * >This is a list of the "Top 50" players who if CIDRizing at the AS level
>   * >could make a significant gain in the reduction of the size of Internet
>   * >routing tables. This may be an over-estimation but it is hoped that
>   * >this  can act as an incentive for the "Top 50" and others to look at 
>   * >their CIDR capability. This is a revival of report that used to be
>   * >posted in the early days of CIDR deployment (we even had a cidrd list
>   * >and working group then).
>   * >
>   * >This looks purely at the classful routes in the system and shows what gain
>   *  if
>   * >cidrizing at the AS-level could be made by forming an aggregate.
>   * >
>   * >			--Tony
>   * >
>   * >P.S. Same caveat about AS name mappings not working quite right yet.
>   * >P.P.S. Unless there are loud objections I plan to automate this again soon
>   * .
>   * >
>   * 
>   * The above is an excellent idea. Perhaps if you could mail the output to
>   * nanog and ripe-list the peer pressure would help and in some cases inform
>   * LIRS/ISPs what they may unknowingly be doing wrong.
>   * RIPE did this earlier inthe year for the European registries and it worked.
>   * 
>   * Is there an APNIC equivelant ?
>   * 
>   * It would also be a good idea IMHO if the Global registries (APNIC RIPE INTE
>   * RNIC)had email lists, alongthe lines of the ones RIPE runs, which it encour
>   * aged 
>   * new 'customers' to join. This may be the nearest we get to a global
>   * isp email list.
>   * 
>   * Regards
>   * 
>   * Tony
> 


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