[4825] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Peering versus Transit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barney Wolff)
Mon Sep 30 00:46:35 1996
From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 00:29 EDT
> Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 23:11:57 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>
>
> Yes, but can we agree that dumping data to someons router at a NAP
> without asking is steeling?
Is it really the case that people with routers at exchange points actually
consider a packet addressed to one of their own customers to be theft of
service? So far, I note, we haven't heard any position expressed by
any of the big folks, just by others outraged on their behalf.
And of course, to be in a position to "dump data" on a router at an
exchange, one must have one's own router there peering with *somebody*,
right? So the problem, if there is one, is that not all pairs of
routers at an exchange are necessarily allowed to communicate. ATM,
anyone? (Gasp cough choke)
Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
