On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Tony Hain wrote: [...] > Light switches, file mounts, printers, etc. should not by default be > globally exposed. If someone chooses to change the configuration, fine, but > forcing the 'managed enterprise network' model on the consumer will not > work.
So, what exactly is wrong with the Bellovin/Zill Router Advertisement option proposals which make it very easy for normally local-only appliances to restrict the nodes they allow access from? -- Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPng Working Group Mailing List IPng Home Page: http://playground.sun.com/ipng FTP archive: ftp://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng Direct all administrative requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
