[136656] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: quietly....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Andrews)
Thu Feb 3 20:32:27 2011
To: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
From: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:59:47 CDT."
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Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 12:31:23 +1100
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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In message <4680378.4717.1296777587916.JavaMail.root@benjamin.baylink.com>, Jay
Ashworth writes:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Andrews" <marka@isc.org>
>
> [ me, to Valdis: ]
> > > C'mon; this isn't *your* first rodeo, either. From the viewpoint of
> > > The Internet, *my edge router* is The Node -- as long as everything
> > > gets to there ok, it's nunya damn business what I do inside. Only what
> > > comes out.
> > >
> > > That's Why I Have A Router.
> >
> > Routers don't mangle packets. They route packet and decrement hop
> > counts.
>
> I will remind you, Mark, that routers were originally called *gateways*.
And they didn't mangle packets. You either pass through a gateway
or not. You don't have your internal organs re-arranged as you go
through.
> That was for a reason.
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
>
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Mark Andrews, ISC
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PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: marka@isc.org
