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Re: Peering versus Transit

  • From: Owen DeLong
  • Date: Tue Oct 01 11:58:56 1996 
>           Matt Zimmerman <[email protected]> writes:
>         > because you're using THEIR resources to do so, without
>         > explicit permission from them.
>     
>     That's a repetition of the same position that's been stated over and
>     over, without justification.  If A sends to B directly in the absence
>     of an advertised route, A is "stealing" resources from B.  If B sends
>     to A indirectly through A's transit provider, then B is "stealing"
>     resources from A.  What makes the former case worse in your mind than
>     the latter, when it results in higher reliability, lower cost, and a
>     sounder architecture?
> 
The latter is not "stealing", it's sending packets to the advertised route.
The former is "stealing", it's sending packets to an unannounced route.

Owen

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