[18966] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: spare swamp space?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Ross)
Mon Aug 24 13:09:31 1998
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 17:33:35 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brandon Ross <bross@mindspring.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.02A.9808200832380.6364-100000@uplift.sparta.lu.se>
On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote:
> I believe the major point was that the smurfed traffic shouldnt be routed
> at all outside of the provider that hasnt fixed their smurf-relays,
> bringing down the impact on transit providers as well...?
That's exactly it, this is the most net-friendly design I could come up
with. Sure, there are several other options.
Brandon Ross Network Engineering 404-815-0770 800-719-4664
Director, Network Engineering, MindSpring Ent., Inc. info@mindspring.com
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