YouTube AS36561 began announcing 1.0.0.0/8

[jgreco at ns.sol.net (Joe Greco)]

> 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.

Maybe someone at YouTube was actually testing that strategy ;-)

... JG
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Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - http://www.sol.net
"We call it the 'one bite at the apple' rule. Give me one chance [and] then I
won't contact you again." - Direct Marketing Ass'n position on e-mail spam(CNN)
With 24 million small businesses in the US alone, that's way too many apples.