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Re: multi-homing fixes

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher A. Woodfield)
Mon Aug 27 12:14:24 2001

Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 12:13:50 -0400
To: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
Cc: 'Steve Noble' <snoble@sonn.com>, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>,
	nanog@merit.edu
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From: "Christopher A. Woodfield" <rekoil@semihuman.com>
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Why not just configure 25 secondary IPs on a single box?

-C

> Avoid *any* technology that makes more efficient use of my address space.
> Then I'd generate additional redundant services (legitimate and opertional,
> just not used much) to fatten up the foot-print. About 25 Linux boxen,
> implemented on BookPCs, ought to do the trick for a /19. Personally, I have
> yet to be pushed to such a solution, but I've thought about it and I'm not
> the only one. If the rules are set such that I have to do something like
> that, or fold the company, I would do it in a heart-beat. There is a limit
> to what I will sacrifice on the alter of "community spirit".

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