[176039] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Equinix Virginia - Ethernet OOB suggestions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeroen Massar)
Tue Nov 11 00:44:36 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:26:38 +0100
From: Jeroen Massar <jeroen@massar.ch>
To: Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>, Ruairi Carroll <ruairi.carroll@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201411101420.sAAEKije071474@aurora.sol.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 2014-11-10 15:20, Joe Greco wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> VPN setup is not really a viable option (for us) in this scenario.
>> Honestly, I'd prefer to just call it done already and have a VPN but due to
>> certain restraints, we have to go down this route.
>
> Without explaining the "restraints," this kinda boils down to "'cuz we
> want it," which stopped being good justification many years ago.
>
> I doubt you'll find many takers who would want to provide you with a
> circuit for a few Mbps with a /23 for OOB purposes "'just cuz."
"just cuz" ack'ing packets for the spam we are sending will be possible
then.
Is likely what goes through most people's minds...
Greets,
Jeroen
