[83158] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: RFC for Mask/Gateway
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Altman)
Fri Aug 5 16:13:08 2005
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 15:12:34 -0500
From: Scott Altman <staltman@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Scott Altman <staltman@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20050805154607.D983@cgi.jachomes.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Thanks to all who replied, actually 791 doesn't specify that a host
needs to implement these things; it lays out IP and how to use a
network mask / gateway.
RFC1122 (thanks to you off-listers) section 3.3.1.6 specifically
(using the RFC's famed "MUST" verbiage) states that a host use a
configurable subnet mask and default gateway.
Oh believe me, if I had a choice, we would have not put this stuff in.
It's here already and we're just trying to work around it. More
specifically tell the vendor to get their act together and be a good
network citizen.
Thanks all!
- Scott
