[17934] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: GRE packets
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Hawkinson)
Wed Jun 17 16:04:05 1998
From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@bbnplanet.com>
To: ekgermann@cctec.com (Eric Germann)
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 15:54:58 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199806171800.OAA00148@cctvw02.cctec.com> from "Eric Germann" at Jun 17, 98 02:00:28 pm
> Anyone have a definitive list or info on network operators who definately
> allow or definately disallow GRE packets across their networks.
>
> Sorry for the semi-operational content :)
It's hard to imagine any serious network providers who would
block arbitrary kinds of traffic.
Anything you'd hope to gain by such an action seems futile anyway --
the people you're trying to stop could always tunnel through some
other mechanism.
--jhawk
(we certainly allow GRE packets and expect everyone else does, too)
