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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Bit-dumping [Was: Re: Peering Policy]
Isn't it possible to filter MAC addresses at Gigaswitches? Dima Paul Ferguson writes: > > Apparently people are still missing the point. On a shared media > exchange, there is nothing to preclude another entity from pointing > default to you even if they are *not* peering with you [a.k.a. bit-dumping]. > > - paul > > > At 11:15 AM 10/30/96 -0500, Pritish Shah wrote: > > > > >So far from what I have gathered, everyone is afraid of being used as a > >transit point. There is a very simple solution available which I can't > >figure out why people are not using. > > > >Both peers charge each other for the bits being peered. So now if one > >peer is being used as a transit point, then they get compensated for it. > > > >Eg > > > >AAA BBB > >15443621 bits -> 15443621 bits > >20000000 bits <- 20000000 bits > > > > > >Difference 4556379 bits additional sent from BBB to AAA > > > >Applying lets say 1 cent per 100 bit charge, AAA gets $455.64 from BBB > > > >Simple!!!! > > > >Now with this kind of peering arrangement, no one has to be worried about > >being used as a transit point -- infact they will want to be used as a > >transit point. > > > >This will also allow medium sized ISPs to peer with each-other. > > > >So here is my question -- why is this kind of arrangement not being used > >anywhere??? > > > >Pritish > > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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