[afnog] Weekly Routing Table Report

[Patrick Okui]

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On  6-May-2013 10:39:12 (+0300), Randy Bush wrote:
>> Does anyone here actually read these reports anymore?

I do - but I never look at the Africa specific one either.

>> Is anyone actively working to reduce routing table bloat or has
>> it become a lost cause in Africa?

The question is what can one do? It's not like an RIR can refuse to
give you address space because you have de-aggregated your current
address space. Many people running workshops on the continent are
preaching the aggregation gospel but that's as much as I'm aware of.

As for the reasons for deaggregation:
	- not much was done in IPv6 to make multihoming space
	  effective.[*]
	- RPKI takeup is slow but at least is an option against address
	  hijacking.
	- I haven't heard anything that spares you from address block
	  blacklisting (based on your announcements) due to spam
	  sourced from some clients in those blocks.

> the numbers speak for themselves.

Heh. As do lies, damn lies, and statistics :-)

- --
patrick

[*] yes, I'm aware that people deaggregate much more than is necessary
for rough load balancing when multihomed.
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