|
North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Loose Source Routing
One way to compromise on this without undue security risk is to allow source-routing one hop into your network but no further. > What are people's feelings on loose source routing? The general > sentiment around here is that it is a very evil thing. The > reason I ask > is that there is a certain network out there (who will remain > nameless) > who refuses to peer unless loose source routing is enabled. I can > somewhat understand their reasoning (they can reroute traffic on OUR > network as necessary) but the security implications far out way the > benefits. Not only this I'm not comfortable with an outside source > having control over routing on our network anyway. > -Dave > -- > +------------------------------+ > Dave McGaugh, CCNA > Peering & IP Backbone Engineer > Electric Lightwave, Inc. > E-mail: [email protected] > Direct Dial: 360.816.3718 > Fax: 360.816.3522 > +------------------------------+ > |