Re: How Not to Multihome

["Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>]

On Oct 9, 2007, at 8:15 AM, Jamie Bowden wrote:

> > On Oct 8, 2007, at 6:45 PM, Justin M. Streiner wrote:
> > > On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> >
> > > > If you do you have permission from the owner of the block, you
> > > > Should Not Announce it.
> > >
> > > Agreed.
> >
> > I stated above that you should not announce another provider's space
> > without their permission, and you specifically agreed.  Here you are
> > talking about that space being announced without the owner's
> > knowledge.  Make up your mind.
> >
> > We both agree that announcing another provider's space without their
> > consent is a Very Bad Thing.  I doubt you will find people willing to
> > post here to the contrary.  If the owner _does_ know the space is
> > being announced, the edge filters are no different whether it is
> > originated in the second upstream's ASN or an ASN owned by the  
> > customer.
> >
> > So again, I ask, how is that different?

> You'll note that you left a word out above.  He's agreeing that  
> even if
> you do have permission, you shouldn't announce space from another
> provider.

Type-o's suck.  Thanx for pointing it out.

Sorry for the confusion.

Justin, if Provider A _has_ permission from Provider B to announce a  
prefix, do you believe Provider A should be allowed to announce the  
prefix?

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TTFN,
patrick