[4191] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The SWAMP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Avi Freedman)
Mon Sep 9 01:26:19 1996
From: Avi Freedman <freedman@netaxs.com>
To: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 1996 01:25:42 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <m0uzyed-000803C@rip.psg.com> from "Randy Bush" at Sep 8, 96 10:13:00 pm
> I agree with your ammendment to the proposal. It makes it somewhat more
> sensible.
>
> But I gotta ask why we have to pollute the world with a few more /24s.
> Everybody who has introduced /24s probably thinks that their reason is
> justified. Commons, meet sheep.
>
> randy
Why do we have RAs at XPs, each taking up a potentially valuable IP
address on the XP network - and more importantly, each a potential
security risk (a Unix machine on the XP network)?
I'd say the RA machines and root servers are something of common interest,
esp. to the people who "make things go". I can't think of many/any other
examples that I'd say deserve such special treatment.
Avi
