Re: Comments solicited: assignment of non-routed network numbers

-------- ] From: "Milo S. Medin" (NASA ARC NSI Office) <medin@nsipo.nasa.gov> ] Subject: Re: Comments solicited: assignment of non-routed network numbers ] Date: Wed, 26 Jan 94 19:42:21 -0800 ] ] The point is to have well-known numbers assigned, that can be configured ] into martian filters, and if anyone ever tries to add it to some routing ] filter, people will immediately recognize it as bogus. It's a human factors ] thing. Likewise, if you let the people at each site just choose their "local" network number, they may find out 5 months later that they need to talk to hosts on the corresponding "real" network. By having agreed upon network(s), sites don't have to worry about a need for connectivity to the bona fide owner. /John