[5965] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Bit-dumping [Was: Re: Peering Policy]yy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Hannan)
Wed Oct 30 15:10:21 1996
To: dvv@sprint.net (Dima Volodin)
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 14:58:12 -0500 (EST)
From: "Alan Hannan" <hannan@UU.NET>
Cc: hannan@UU.NET, dvv@sprint.net, deepak@jain.com, pferguso@cisco.com,
pritish@iocenter.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199610301943.OAA20860@mercury.int.sprintlink.net> from "Dima Volodin" at Oct 30, 96 02:43:13 pm
Then you have to actually do something logically. However, I
think that this case is the least probable of the three.
-alan
Dima Volodin said:
]
] Now what if your Gigaswitch port got fried?
]
]
] Dima
]
] Alan Hannan writes:
] >
] > If you filtered me by MAC address I could swap cards and get in.
] >
] > Unless you did inclusive filtering, and then if you wanted to peer
] > with me, and I had to swap a card, you couldn't.
] >
] > The gigaswitches do port filtering, I believe that was agreed to
] > be the better choice.
] >
] > I certainly hope it's a choice, at least, right Steve.... :)
] >
] > -alan
] >
] > Dima Volodin said:
] > ]
] > ] You don't mean changing one MAC address in Gigaswitch configuration is a
] > ] bolder feat than swapping (failed) equipment, do you?
] > ]
] > ]
] > ] Dima
] > ]
] > ] Deepak Jain writes:
] > ] >
] > ] > Problem is that if hardware fails or is swapped out, MAC addresses change.
] > ] >
] > ] > -Deepak.
] > ] >
] > ] > On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Dima Volodin wrote:
] > ] >
] > ] > > Isn't it possible to filter MAC addresses at Gigaswitches?
] > ] > >
] > ] > >
] > ] > > Dima
] > ] > >
] > ] > > Paul Ferguson writes:
] > ] > > >
] > ] > > > Apparently people are still missing the point. On a shared media
] > ] > > > exchange, there is nothing to preclude another entity from pointing
] > ] > > > default to you even if they are *not* peering with you [a.k.a. bit-dumping].
] > ] > > >
] > ] > > > - paul
]
