[c-nsp] Growing BGP tables

[Stephen J. Wilcox]

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004, Gert Doering wrote:

> 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).

they dont know/they dont care/they dont know how?

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

i'm not seeing this in practice. afaik most of our custs take whatever we give 
them

Steve