[AusNOG] Report on 1/8 traffic

[Narelle]

On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Geoff Huston <gih at apnic.net> wrote:
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> So what the report is saying is that most /24s receive less than 3 packets per second, in other works an average of less than 1 packet per minute per individual /32 address. I'm not sure that I can agree with the proposition that that level of traffic represents an unreasonable impost on ISPs in the region who are allocated address blocks from within 1/8.
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I wasn't suggesting, nor supporting, locking out the entire range.
That would be irresponsible given particularly these measurements.

The fact is we are nearing v4 exhaustion and we have to start using
things we wouldn't previously.

We need to do more work, identify the clutter, and start cleaning
things out. Things are going to get tighter.

> Yes, there are a subset of /24s that are abnormal in the volume of traffic that they appear to attract, and the report is recommending that these address blocks be reserved and investigated further.
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I applaud this approach


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