North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: identify hostname
I've got to go with Pete K. on this one. In our current, cidr-ized world, it is simply not possible for an upstream provider to determine what is, or is not, a broadcast address in a downstream network. This is something that needs to be implemented from the edge in, not from the core out. On 2-Dec-98 at 00:55, Pete Kruckenberg ([email protected]) wrote: > On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Dean Anderson wrote: > > > You don't need a tool. People already have provisioning/configuration > > tools or are doing it by hand. Whichever is the case, just add a rule > > to your customers interface. You know when you configure the interface > > what the mask is and what the broadcast is. All you need to do is add an > > access list entry which applies to that customers interface. > > That works fine as long as you either manage your customers' equipment or > your customers don't subnet blocks you give them. However, in real-world > experience, neither of those apply, especially to a larger ISP/NSP (UUNet > was mentioned in this thread at the beginning). -- Rusty Zickefoose | The most exciting phrase to hear in science, [email protected] | the one that heralds new discoveries, is not | "Eureka!", but "That's funny ..." | -- Isaac Asimov
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