Route aggregation

Route aggregration is an effort to route smaller prefixes via an aggregated larger prefix (supernetting). The advantage is obvious: Many /24 networks, for example, could be aggregated to larger networks like /23, /22 or even bigger prefixes. For the Internet Registries (RIRs and LIRs) it is therefore necessary to follow a strict policy in assigning netblocks to ISPs.
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