[165007] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: How big is the Internet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jorge Amodio)
Thu Aug 15 13:14:20 2013
In-Reply-To: <DEF3A009-E983-4714-AE6C-44BFBB6FD555@ufp.org>
From: Jorge Amodio <jmamodio@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:14:02 -0500
To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
If devices behind an L3 proxy generate packets that end in the "public" Inte=
rnet or if they get packets originated there, IMHO those devices are also pa=
rt of the Internet not just the proxy, and you also may have that proxy for p=
articular protocols but not all.
-Jorge
On Aug 15, 2013, at 9:05 AM, Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> wrote:
>=20
> That means behind a NAT counts, behind a firewall counts, but a true priva=
te network (two PC's into an L2 switch with no other connections) does not, e=
ven if they use IP protocols. Note that devices behind a pure L3 proxy do n=
ot count, but the L3 proxy itself counts.
>=20
Jorge - CPB49 (Certified Packet Butcher)
