[27253] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yahoo! Lessons Learned
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Henry Kilmer)
Thu Feb 10 15:23:10 2000
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 14:56:38 -0500 (EST)
From: Henry Kilmer <hank@rem.com>
To: owen@exodus.net
Cc: hank@rem.com, nanog@merit.edu
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owen@exodus.net writes:
>> Last time I tested it, RPF would still fail if it wasn't the way
>> packets would flow (not *could* flow). If that has changed, then this
>> would work.
>>
>>
>If it hasn't changed, then I think there's a pretty good case for pressuring
>the various vendors to make it so. I have to admit, I always thought that
>was the case, that there had to be a route out the reverse path, whether
>it was preferred or not.
>
>Thoughts?
It would definately make it more useful.
