[rrg] Renumbering can never be secure, testable, reliable or routine - draft-carpenter-renum-needs-work

[David Meyer]

On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:53:39AM -0400, William Herrin wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 11:48 AM, David Meyer <dmm at 1-4-5.net> wrote:
> >> BGP is unacceptable because it costs "the world" about $8000/yr for
> >> every announced BGP prefix. If there was a way that "the world" could
> >> recover that $8000 from each of the folks announcing a prefix, our
> >> problem space would shrink considerably.
> >
> >        I'm curious as to where the $8000/yr number came from. Can
> >        you explain? Also, how is the "world" defined in this case?
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> See http://bill.herrin.us/network/bgpcost.html

	Thnx, I'll check it out.

	Dave