On Feb 4, 1997, Jeff Young wrote:
i, for one didn't understand the request.
hypothetically, if mci enters into an agreement with MAE E/W to allow a list of mac header addresses to have access to our port on a gigaswitch, what reason is there for MAE E/W to share that list with anyone else? if there is no peering arrangement between two networks you could assume that the the mac header of one network's interface isn't on the list, right?
I think what would be equally as useful (and would not disclose peering arrangements) is a list of ports that have filtering in place (this assumes that everyone will not be filtering, which is not necessarily a good assumption). That way, if an ops person cannot access a port, she/he can check if filtering is active and go from there. Alec -- +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ |Alec Peterson - ahp@hilander.com | Erols Internet Services, INC. | |Network Engineer | Springfield, VA. | +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+