Re: [44net] A new era of IPv4 Allocations

On 7/28/21 8:42 PM, Tim Požar via 44Net wrote: That is why it was suggested that the TAC would design a backbone network. consisting of routers in datacenters all over the world, interconnected by tunnels, and accepting various kinds of VPN connections from users.   These routers would advertise the network on BGP (either local subnets like /16 or the entire /9+/10) in several places around the world, and thus relieve the individual amateurs from the chores mentioned above. And, at the same time, allow the allocation of smaller subnets to users (sharing a larger allocation between them), facilitate the routing of net-44 space between regions of the world, etc. Users would have the choice of using a simple standard VPN tunnel to route just their network to/from a nearby backbone PoP, or to make multiple tunnels and run a dynamic routing protocol when they are interested in that.  That would then be BGP on private AS number and peering only with a couple of PoPs from that backbone network, so you can announce smaller subnets and do not require the heavy gear required to do internet BGP. And this network would know which subnets are "intranet", which are "BGP announced" and which have special routing needs.  So the proposal that is now being discussed would not be necessary at all. Of course users would still have the option to make direct links to other users, or to announce space on internet BGP directly. But instead, the TAC came up with a renumbering plan to cover a special case and which is not even part of a solution. Rob