I cant speak for everyone else, but I welcome the waiving of the AUP for this purpose. And no, I wont yank my CIX connection till the dust settles on the new architecture. This will however open up a whole bunch of routing asymetry and related trouble shooting problems. --pushpendra Pushpendra Mohta pushp@cerf.net +1 619 455 3908 Director of Engineering pushp@sdsc.bitnet +1 800 876 2373 CERFNet Stephen Wolff writes:
If NSF were to waive the NSFNET Backbone Service AUP **for the sole purpose of assisting providers in effective CIDRization/aggregation to avoid Internet collapse**, would that be of any help?
I have alerted the NSF Counsel to this possibility, and they are of course concerned that everyone will cancel their current commercial contracts, switch their traffic to NSFNET, and hurl all the private providers into bankruptcy.
I should welcome your comments; if you support the idea (the waiver, not hurtling into ruin), I may also enlist your help convincing Counsel and the IG.
-s