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Re: Bit-dumping [Was: Re: Peering Policy]y

  • From: Dima Volodin
  • Date: Wed Oct 30 14:52:39 1996

Now what if your Gigaswitch port got fried?


Dima

Alan Hannan writes:
> 
>   If you filtered me by MAC address I could swap cards and get in.
> 
>   Unless you did inclusive filtering, and then if you wanted to peer
>   with me, and I had to swap a card, you couldn't.
> 
>   The gigaswitches do port filtering, I believe that was agreed to 
>   be the better choice.
> 
>   I certainly hope it's a choice, at least, right Steve.... :)
> 
>   -alan
> 
> Dima Volodin said:
> ] 
> ] You don't mean changing one MAC address in Gigaswitch configuration is a
> ] bolder feat than swapping (failed) equipment, do you?
> ] 
> ] 
> ] Dima
> ] 
> ] Deepak Jain writes:
> ] > 
> ] > Problem is that if hardware fails or is swapped out, MAC addresses change.
> ] > 
> ] > -Deepak.
> ] > 
> ] > On Wed, 30 Oct 1996, Dima Volodin wrote:
> ] > 
> ] > > 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
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