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Re: Huh? Too early for this.


From: Tony Li <tli () juniper net>
Date: 10 Feb 1999 20:49:34 -0800


alex () nac net writes:

   Network          Next Hop            Metric LocPrf Weight Path
*>i2.52.228.144/32  209.83.160.97                 100      0 6347 1239 i

Wait. Looking at 2.52.228.144 in the mirror = 144.228.52.2

[root@netflow /root]# whois -h rs.arin.net 144.228
Sprint (NET-SPRINT-INNET5)
   Government Systems Division
   13221 Woodland Park Road
   Herndon, VA  22071

   Netname: SPRINTLINK
   Netnumber: 144.228.0.0


What the hell is this?


Perhaps a BGP implementation with an endianness problem.

Folks should recall that with the hordes of new high-end router vendors
coming to market (or trying to anyways ;-), there will be a variety of
interesting behaviors (again ;-).

Tony


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