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Date:      Fri, 27 Apr 2001 13:46:12 +1000
From:      Tony Landells <ahl@austclear.com.au>
To:        Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net>
Cc:        Chris Hardie <chris@summersault.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Confusion about router/firewall traffic from router itself 
Message-ID:  <200104270346.NAA26236@tungsten.austclear.com.au>
In-Reply-To: Message from Nick Rogness <nick@rogness.net>  of "Thu, 26 Apr 2001 23:09:46 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104262235340.52943-100000@cody.jharris.com> 

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nick@rogness.net said:
> 	Your ISP connects to you with a non-routeable IPs????? 

Isn't it a great idea?

Most point-to-point (WAN) links are an inconvenience that you wish
could be made invisible but need addresses, so why not use "invisible"
RFC 1918 addresses for them?

Of course, there's a huge "opportunity" to stuff things up monumentally
by advertising routing for these links (which would attract rubbish
from all over the place), and it's a huge inconvenience for those that
want to do what Chris has done and plug the link straight into his firewall.

Cheers,
Tony
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Tony Landells					<ahl@austclear.com.au>
Senior Network Engineer				Ph:  +61 3 9677 9319
Australian Clearing Services Pty Ltd		Fax: +61 3 9677 9355
Level 4, Rialto North Tower
525 Collins Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia



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