[75800] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Public Interest Networks (was: Re: Consortium sheds light on dark
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher L. Morrow)
Wed Nov 24 16:17:16 2004
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:11:00 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow@mci.com>
In-reply-to: <20041124194049.DC1181AEC6@berkshire.research.att.com>
To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
Cc: deepak@ai.net, vickyr@socal.rr.com, nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>
> In message <41A4DF8F.9000701@ai.net>, Deepak Jain writes:
> >
> >
> >Vicky, I apologize if I am hijacking your thread.
> >
> >Is it just me or does all this talk of Research (and other Public
> >Interest) Networks and logical separation by layer 1/2 leave [everyone]
> >nonplussed?
> >
> >How is logical separation of a network [say via MPLS] much different
> >than using a lambda to do the same thing?
>
> Wearing my researcher hat, the answer depends on what sort of research
> you're trying to conduct. There are more things to do with a fiber
> than just running IPv4 over it.
yes, ipv6! :) Actually, some of the research networks seem to be places to
test/eval new hardware, software, techniques and/or pass large datasets
from lab to lab in larger collaborative projects. Often the
faster/newer/sexier gear had been tested on these 'test' networks prior to
deployments in the field.
Steve is right though, it's not all ipv4 on the links...
