On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 04:58:39PM +1300, Craig Anderson wrote:
But if they have a /24 they don't have to.
If everyone who has been allocated /24 network by their provider moved somewhere else - then the routing tables for NZ would be considerable larger and more difficult to manage.
What this group is attempting to do is impose costs on the end users only if they try to move ISPs.
I suspect that is the last thing that people intend to do, they merely want to allow migration of networks in a reasonable way, without creating considerable administrative overhead because of lots of little routes everywhere.
It's a great way to lock up your clients.
The best way to do this would be to say, "You must renumber immediately, which I don't think anyone here is advocating"
There is no technical reason to make users renumber when they move
Yes there is... keeping routing tables as small as possible make them easier to manage.
Importantly, the current proposal is not workable. The first client whose renumbering exercise is expensive will likely seek an injuction against any provider attempting to enforce these ideas.
Hence `resonable terms', for example, giving someone three months to /renumber a 22 network isn't unacceptable is it? Do people, when they move house, get pissed at telecom that they can't alway take their phone number with them? Is telecom being unreasonable here? Do NZ post offer to redirect you mail for extended periods of time (without charge)?
By opening the door with an N month grace period you are only showing everyone that it's technically possible but that you don't want to do it for commercial reasons.
An N month period allows us to make sure only a small percentage of small networks are in the routing tables...
How about we just agree to ask clients with NZGATE number to renumber on moves (we have a form/statement we all agree to give them), but eliminate any requirement to renumber)?
I don't think anyone can absoultely _require_ anything, but trying to encourage acceptable policies surely isn't a bad thing? -cw --------- To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog