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- Network Working Group Y. Rekhter
- Request for Comments: 1817 cisco Systems
- Category: Informational August 1995
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- CIDR and Classful Routing
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- Status of this Memo
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- This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
- does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
- this memo is unlimited.
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- Abstract
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- Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) is used in the Internet as the
- primary mechanism to improve scalability of the Internet routing
- system. This document represents the IAB's (Internet Architecture
- Board) evaluation of the current and near term implications of CIDR
- on organizations that use Classful routing technology.
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- Background
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- Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) ([RFC1518], [RFC1519]) is
- deployed in the Internet as the primary mechanism to improve scaling
- property of the Internet routing system. Essential to CIDR is the
- generalization of the concept of variable length subnet masks (VLSM)
- and the elimination of classes of network numbers (A, B, and C). The
- interior (intra-domain) routing protocols that support CIDR are OSPF,
- RIP II, Integrated IS-IS, and E-IGRP. The exterior (inter-domain)
- routing protocol that supports CIDR is BGP-4. Protocols like RIP,
- BGP-3, EGP, and IGRP do not support CIDR.
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- Implications of CIDR
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- Deployment of CIDR has certain implications on the segments of the
- Internet that are still using routing technology that can not support
- CIDR. Existing sites that rely solely on a default route for their
- external connectivity may not require support of VLSM capable routing
- technology for their interior routing and CIDR for their exterior
- routing. All sites lacking support for VLSM and CIDR capable routing
- must rely on a default route, which consequently may result in a
- various degree of suboptimal routing. Organizations that operate as
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are expected to be able to support
- VLSM and CIDR.
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- RFC 1817 CIDR and Classful Routing August 1995
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- It is expected that in the near future the IANA will instruct the
- Internet Registries to begin allocating IP addresses out of the
- former Class A address space (64.0.0.0 through 126.0.0.0). The
- allocated blocks are going to be of variable size (based on the
- actual sites' requirements). Sites that will use these addresses
- will have to support CIDR-capable routing protocols. All the
- providers will be required to support CIDR-capable routing protocols
- as well. Sites that do not use these addresses would be required to
- continue relying on a default route, which in turn may result in a
- various degree of suboptimal routing. If a site wants to avoid the
- suboptimality (introduced by using default route), the site will need
- to transition to CIDR-capable routing protocols.
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- Security Considerations
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- Security issues are not discussed in this memo.
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- Author's Address
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- Yakov Rekhter
- cisco Systems
- 170 West Tasman Drive
- San Jose, CA 95134
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- Phone: (914) 528-0090
- EMail: yakov@cisco.com
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