Re: v6 multihoming and route filters

[Kurt Erik Lindqvist <kurtis@kurtis.pp.se>]

On 5 jul 2006, at 20.55, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:

> And since the IETF is (hopefully) the place where internet routing  
> is best understood an the IETF has historically always had an  
> operational component (hence the existence of this very working  
> group), I think the IETF can't shy away from at the very least  
> discouraging harmful practices, and preferably also pointing out  
> tradeoffs that exist between different choices and recommend best  
> practices if such can be identified.
But the IETF have no understanding of the underlying financial  
motives. I certainly agree that it's bad practice but there is no way  
that the IETF in practice can enforce a policy of /48 multihoming OR  
filtering at /32 - except to present alternative technologies.
- kurtis -