[afripv6-discuss] Are AfriNic's /48 being filtered?

[Vincent Ngundi]

> On 28 Aug 2007, at 16:53, Vincent Ngundi wrote:
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>> That's subjective. I agree with Leo, the earlier we start  
>> educating operators on the practice, the faster the problem shall  
>> peter. We need to announce the /48 prefixes on all the nog lists  
>> (and other similar forums) and talk about this new kind of  
>> filtering whenever we can (RIR's should take the lead on this and  
>> might want to consider including this in their awareness  
>> programs). Relaxing policies isn't going to do the community any  
>> good; _now or in the long run.
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> It occurs to me that there are five RIRs and that each RIR  
> maintains a separate web page, listing the /8s, /23s and /12s they  
> have and the size of allocations and assignments they make from  
> those prefixes. I think the formats are slightly different, too. It  
> might be helpful to operators if this information was available  
> from a single, trusted source in a single, computer readable format.
>
> Do you think that would help network operators when they want to  
> build filter lists?

I think one central repository which all the RIR's can update would  
be a good way to go. But network operators should be made aware of  
this new kind of filtering (and of course this central repository  
once in place). It (assigning /48 prefixes) is in the policy, we need  
to find an amicable way of implementing the same.

Regards,

-Vincent