Date: Sun, 29 Sep 1996 23:11:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@netrail.net>
Yes, but can we agree that dumping data to someons router at a NAP without asking is steeling?
Is it really the case that people with routers at exchange points actually consider a packet addressed to one of their own customers to be theft of service?
Ur yes, this is theft. Take Alans scenario again: A = small provider B = Top tier provider (MCI / Sprint etc.) C = A's transit provider !=B Now magnify this on an international scale so you the costs involved are scaled to a point where they are obvious. Let's say B sells transit in London as well as in Washington. Both A and C have invested in international lines to the US ( DS3 = $8/yr ). A & B are at at the same IX in London. A's transit is going to cost lots and lots over in the UK. Dumping traffic on B means they don't have to pay C so much, and use B's international line.
And of course, to be in a position to "dump data" on a router at an exchange, one must have one's own router there peering with *somebody*, right?
You needn't peer with anyone ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 w.x.y.z will do the trick nicely if you aren't carrying full routing. Alex Bligh Xara Networks