[138584] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Internet Edge Router replacement - IPv6
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dobbins, Roland)
Fri Mar 11 00:56:02 2011
From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
To: nanog group <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 05:55:51 +0000
In-Reply-To: <5A6D953473350C4B9995546AFE9939EE0BC14055@RWC-EX1.corp.seven.com>
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On Mar 11, 2011, at 11:34 AM, George Bonser wrote:
> And I say taking down 10 such farms is no bigger problem than taking down=
10 /64 backbone links.=20
Yes, but the difference is in routine attacker behavior.
And of course, iACLs should be protecting p2p links and loopbacks, irrespec=
tive of CIDR length, anyways.
> If something breaks while using a /127, the doctor might tell you to stop=
sticking the spoon in your eye.
If vendors are somehow optimizing for or restricting functionality to certa=
in CIDR lengths, they should stop this immediately.
Features and functionality should work the same, irrespective of CIDR lengt=
h.
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