Re: quietly....

[Mark Andrews <marka () isc org>]

In message <18979697.4665.1296772215500.JavaMail.root () benjamin baylink com>, Ja
y Ashworth writes:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Valdis Kletnieks" <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu>
>
> > On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:01:52 EST, Jay Ashworth said:
> > > > Ahem. Please quit confusing "the protocol" with "that small
> > > > segment of
> > > > the protocol we choose to allow/support on our network".
> > >
> > > Ahem.
> > >
> > > Please quit confusing "The Internet" with "my small edge network,
> > > which I interconnect with The Internet".
> >
> > Corporations use a different version of RFC5321 that's 30% shorter and
> > removes features they happen to not use? Or are they using the same
> > RFC5321, but simply not using all the features?
>
> Probably the latter.
>
> C'mon; this isn't *your* first rodeo, either.  From the viewpoint of 
> The Internet, *my edge router* is The Node -- as long as everything gets
> to there ok, it's nunya damn business what I do inside.   Only what
> comes out.
>
> That's Why I Have A Router.

Routers don't mangle packets.  They route packet and decrement hop counts.

> Cheers,
> -- jra
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