One of the big problems in today's network is newbie-sites just plugging
their routers in and turning them on. The routers then come up in their
default condition, which may be detrimental to the health of some part,
or all, of the Internet. The intent of this requirement is to try and
eliminate that failure mode.
Yes, it's more of a box requirement - but are there things that the
architecture can do to either help solve the requirement or make it
easier for some other thing to solve it? Note that the text does
say "architecture, protocols, and standard implementation defaults".
And no, I do _not_ know how to solve it either -- but a criterion for
being a requirement is not "we know how to solve it" :-)
Frank Kastenholz
At 04:49 PM 3/5/02 +0100, avri wrote:
>from ngarch-req
>
>> 3.21 Safety of Configuration The architecture,
>> protocols, and standard implementation defaults must be
>> such that a router installed "out of the box" with no
>> configuration/etc by the operators will not cause "bad
>> things" to happen to the rest of the routing system (no
>> dialup customers advertising routes to 18/8!)
>
>there were folks in groupb that wanted this also, but i keep thinking this
is a box requirement. maybe i just don't understand what is meant by no
router out of the box causing problems. i can see the architecture limiting
damage to a locality, but i don't understand how it would be stopped
altogether.
>
>also this seems to fly against the previous requirement of no dependency on
no routing subsystems, as this seems to depend on configuration and
management at least to some extent.
>
>but as i say this requirement has me sort of confused.
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