[31477] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: netscan.org update
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Fraizer)
Mon Sep 25 03:35:34 2000
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 03:31:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: John Fraizer <nanog@EnterZone.Net>
To: rdobbins@netmore.net
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Mon, 25 Sep 2000 rdobbins@netmore.net wrote:
>
> Could you elaborate on this, please? Granted, I'm a hosting shop and not a
> backbone network, but I'm running CEF on my border without complaint, and to
> apparent good effect.
>
> Is there some sort of lossage in doing so that I'm missing?
>
> John Fraizer wrote:
>
> >snip<
>
> >
> > I have yet to find an easy way to implement CEF on the border that doesn't
> > break something in some funky way or another.
> >
>
> >snip<
>
In a BB situation and in some simple multihomed situations, it is possible
for someone to have a route into your network via an interface that for
administrative/technical reasons, you're not accepting routes to them via.
In such instances, CEF will break an otherwise valid, though be it
asymetric stream.
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John Fraizer
EnterZone, Inc
