[olug] bad practices at home

[Adam Korab]

On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 12:53:03AM -0500, Brian Roberson wrote:
> aux:~ # traceroute home.bstc.net
> traceroute to gomer.bstc.net (24.3.252.27), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
>  1  (REMOVED)
>  2  (REMOVED)
>  3  500.Serial1-3.GW4.MSP1.ALTER.NET (157.130.100.89)  15 ms  15 ms  15
> ms
>  4  0.so4-3-0.XR2.CHI2.ALTER.NET (152.63.67.238)  15 ms  15 ms  15 ms
>  5  POS7-0.BR2.CHI2.ALTER.NET (152.63.67.245)  15 ms  15 ms  15 ms
>  6  137.39.52.106 (137.39.52.106)  16 ms  16 ms  16 ms
>  7  c2-pos10-0.chcgil1.home.net (24.7.77.170)  18 ms  19 ms  18 ms
>  8  c1-pos2-0.desmia1.home.net (24.7.64.165)  24 ms  24 ms  24 ms
>  9  c1-pos2-0.omahne1.home.net (24.7.64.137)  30 ms  29 ms  29 ms
>  10  bb1-pos1-1.rdc1.ne.home.net (24.7.75.250)  30 ms  30 ms  30 ms
>  11  10.88.40.70 (10.88.40.70)  31 ms  31 ms  31 ms
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> This is a Bad idea, not matter what way you want to look at it. 
> ( yes, I removed my packet filters on my core routers to allow 10.x.x.x
> through, just for this display )
> There are internal and external repercussions that are so great, that I
> personally cannot think of any good reason to resort to this type of ip
> engineering.
> 
> This is not a flame at you adam, just IMHO :-)

Perhaps my brain isn't firing on all cylinders at the moment, but then it
seems we agree.  I'm not sure if I conveyed my point well, but what I was
trying to say is that having RFC1918 addresses is a Bad Thing...which it
seems you are also saying. (?)

Bah, it's been a helluva Sunday. :)

--Adam
-- 
"A workstation without a network is like a geek in a field all by himself.
It looks intriguing, unusual and different but no one will come within 20
feet of it." -- Sun help document

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