IPv4 ANYCAST setup

Jens Link lists at quux.de
Tue Mar 30 09:58:16 UTC 2010


"Kevin Oberman" <oberman at es.net> writes:

> He said that if the protocols would not handle blocked 53/tcp, the
> protocols would have to be changed. Opening the port was simply not
> open to discussion.

Let me guess: They also completely blocked ICMP. I always tell these
customers to switch to IPv6 real fast and to turn of ICMPv6 to make
their networks really secure. ;-) 

> I will say that these were at federal government facilities. I hope the
> commercial world is a bit more in touch with reality.

You can find clueless people everywhere. 

Jens
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