Paul Vixie wrote:
here's what i came up with while trying to explain the edge elsewhere.
1 - Connection Taxonomy
1.1. The Internet is a network of networks, where the component
networks are called Autonomous Systems (AS), each having a unique AS
Number (ASN).
Even if this
1 - Connection Taxonomy
1.1. The Internet is a network of networks, where the component
networks are called Autonomous Systems (AS), each having a unique AS
Number (ASN).
Even if this reflects the original intent of ASNs, it certainly does not fit
current reality.
it is
address (as per your scenario). You look up the destination in the routing
table, and don't find it. So we look in RFC792 on page 5:
If, according to the information in the gateway's routing tables,
the network specified in the internet destination field of a
datagram is
On Wed, 06 Nov 2002 01:27:21 +0530, alok [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
- who does? the source is reachable...via BGP.its a
valid internet address...
Hold that thought for a bit, and remember that at least *some* of us were
discussing whether to drop packets if we *DONT* have a
Where is the edge of the Internet?
here's what i came up with while trying to explain the edge elsewhere.
1 - Connection Taxonomy
1.1. The Internet is a network of networks, where the component
networks are called Autonomous Systems (AS), each having a unique AS
Number (ASN).
On Wed, 06 Nov 2002 01:27:21 +0530, alok [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
- who does? the source is reachable...via BGP.its a
valid internet address...
Hold that thought for a bit, and remember that at least *some* of us were
discussing whether to drop packets if we *DONT* have a
