Fred, On 8/30/02 10:16 AM, "Fred Baker" <fred@cisco.com> wrote: > It seems like routing tables and DNS are separate discussions - one is > about routes and prefixes, and one is about names. Not sure of the basis for the original comment, but see the (dearly departed, may they rest in peace) A6 RRs. > Whereas today the RIRs > hand out relatively short prefixes with a view to forcing the use of NATs > in edge networks, Interesting perception. Can you provide some reference as to why you believe this? > In such a scenario, in your favorite location in the network, there should be: > > - one prefix for each ISP in the world > - one prefix for each POP or campus in your network > - one prefix for each LAN in your POP or Campus > - additional prefixes that you decide to carry for your own reasons (eg, > policy) My, that's a lot of prefixes. I'm sure I'm missing something here. Rgds, -drc