YouTube AS36561 began announcing 1.0.0.0/8

[mark at streamservice.nl (Mark Scholten)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Greco [mailto:jgreco at ns.sol.net]
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 10:53 PM
> To: Nathan
> Cc: nanog at 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