Hi, On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 05:19:55PM +0000, Paul Jakma wrote:

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That seems to have beeen the only meaningful pro/con, given that both operator and vendor opinion in other forums has largely been against, but yet this unmandated proposal still was implemented.

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I can't see any evidence for "operator .. opinion ... has been largely against" from the discussion in the RIPE routing WG.

Note "other forums". I wasn't a subscriber to routing-wg when this was discussed on IDR and NANOG.

I didn't realise asdot was discussed by the RIPE membership prior to RIPE NCC implementing it. Would you know roughly when (best of all Subject line) so I could go check archives? My prior googling failed to show any such discussion.

I'm not sure whether it was discussed on the mailing list. It *was* discussed in various WG meetings at RIPE meetings, both prior to implementing it ("this is the plan, what do you think about it?") and after that, taking criticism in, and trying to find a way forward. Gert Doering -- NetMaster -- Total number of prefixes smaller than registry allocations: 110584 SpaceNet AG Vorstand: Sebastian v. Bomhard Joseph-Dollinger-Bogen 14 Aufsichtsratsvors.: A. Grundner-Culemann D-80807 Muenchen HRB: 136055 (AG Muenchen) Tel: +49 (89) 32356-444 USt-IdNr.: DE813185279