barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) (06/14/91)
I added the tcp-ip newsgroup to the distribution. Follow-ups to comp.protocols.tcp-ip The discussion concerns if it is useful to have an /etc/svc.conf file. I mentioned that GE's mail gateway has the equivalent, so that we don't advertise any addresses in the 3.0.0.0 network (which is unconnected to the Internet). In article <kre.676867753@mundamutti.cs.mu.OZ.AU> kre@cs.mu.oz.au (Robert Elz) writes: >I disagree - there's no problem sending back (properly allocated) >numbers if someone queries for them, regardless of whether they are >reachable or not. I would have no problem getting back a 3.a.b.c >address were I to ask for the IP address of grymoire.crd.ge.com. Well, I may be missing the fine points, but I believe NYSERNET, et. al. do not like to see any packets addressed to the 3.* network. This causes unnecessary traffic, and people monitor such packets and let us know if we are "leaking" anything when we should not be doing so. If we make the 3.* addresses available (i.e. "A" Records) while advertising a "*.ge.com MX record to crdgw1.ge.com on its Class C network, we could cause a lot of problems on the Internet. I believe. -- Bruce G. Barnett barnett@crdgw1.ge.com uunet!crdgw1!barnett