[7385] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Alpha test of MAE filtering capability
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kent W. England)
Mon Feb 3 14:47:39 1997
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 11:21:01 -0800
To: Sean Donelan <SEAN@SDG.DRA.COM>, nanog@merit.edu
From: "Kent W. England" <kwe@6SigmaNets.com>
At 08:14 PM 30-01-97 -0600, Sean Donelan wrote:
>>But any reasonable ISP realizes that by using the RADB servers is wonderful,
>>but does not come close to preventing an:
>>ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 <innocent ISP>
>
>Nor can the route servers tell when someone/something blocks packets
>down at the layer 2 level. Since the route servers are now being paid
>by the exchange point operators, maybe there is a chance the two could
>be coordinated. Or at least checked for conflicts?
>
>--
>Sean Donelan, Data Research Associates, Inc, St. Louis, MO
> Affiliation given for identification not representation
>
>
That is already an issue at the ATM NAPs, since traffic can't flow until PVCs
are set-up between consenting peers. And we have had some problems in this
area.
So I think the answer is "Yes".
--Kent
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