> -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Greco [mailto:jgr...@ns.sol.net] > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 10:53 PM > To: Nathan > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: YouTube AS36561 began announcing 1.0.0.0/8 > > > There are sizable chunks that are fairly quiet (un-interesting > > numbers, luck of the draw, etc). Given that its mostly > > mis-configurations, laziness, ignorance, or poor planning... I > suspect > > the worst ranges will need to be sacrificed, and the remaining 80-90% > > of the space used for legitimate allocations. Unfortunately, anyone > > who accepts allocations in 1.x will need to be aware that they will > > have a slightly lower quality address-space. Accepting 1.1.1.0/24, > > for example, will land you with a continuous 50mbps of junk... > > seemingly forever... and a respectable chance that some percentage of > > the net will never reach you, due to their own misconfigurations. > > Practical solution: > > Move YouTube to 1.1.1.1, Google to 1.1.1.2, Yahoo! to 1.1.1.3, Facebook > to 1.1.1.4, etc. > It is probably the best way to get 1.x free if it is used by big websites. However I don't think that they will change it (to only use these IPs). I think they have an interest somewhere to not change it... > Maybe someone at YouTube was actually testing that strategy ;-) I have something else where I would be happy to accept 1.1.1.0/24 for some time, just to try to get them change settings. If someone want information about it, feel free to contact me off list.
Regards, Mark
