On Sun, 23 Mar 2003, JINMEI Tatuya / [ISO-2022-JP] [EMAIL PROTECTED]@C#:H wrote: > >>>>> Pekka Savola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > Most traffic is not on the local link, rather connecting to service X over > > the Internet. Node information queries are not useful except on the local > > link. > > > Why not? One could consider why the mechanism is still "stuck" in the > > IESG. I totally agree with not publishing ICMP NI as long as it can be > > (ab)used to query off-link nodes. > > You are apparently saying that the reason for the NI spec being > pending in the IESG queue is that it can be abused for off-link > nodes. Is my understanding correct? If so, could you give me a > pointer, please? I do not remember the exact reason, actually.
I think I saw something wrt. "applicability statement" in the I-D tracker, but can't find it now. There seem to be something pending, check IESG minutes from 2002-06-13. -- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
