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On Sun, Jan 24, 1999 at 09:35:13PM -0800, Randy Bush wrote: > >> o does anyone see why the exchange address space needs to be globally > >> routable? > > Traceroute. > > as the fabric is used for peering under bi-lats, if we each announce the > mesh to our customers and not to our peers, then i believe you will have > your tracroutes and yet the prefix does not have to be globally routable, > e.g. could be 209.666.42/24. > > randy Holdon, i don't even see the need for that; if you traceroute out, the packets will cross the exchange irregardless of whether you're announcing it to your customers, and a message of TTL exceeded will be generated from the exchange's address.. The important question is, should they be globally UNIQUE for troubleshooting purposes? I think so. Mike -- Michael P. Lyle Security Architect Exodus Communications
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