[c-nsp] Growing BGP tables

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 02:22:03PM +0000, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:
> > Which is a really good thing.  AS5 doesn't *need* the /24 prefix, because
> > the /16 will point in the same direction anyway.
> 
> how does this help if you wish to offer all routes, guy tal mentioned earlier.. 
> if one operator implements filtering they will immediately reduce the amnount of 
> transit traffic that they pull as the customer will be receiving more specifics 
> from another upstream

Victory of economics over reason...

Why would the downstream even *want* the /24 in the first place?  There
is no additional information to be gained by it (unless you're very 
near to the place of origin).

Most end-sites these days don't carry a full table anymore anyway, due to
"it won't fit in my 3640".

gert

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