In message <4680378.4717.1296777587916.javamail.r...@benjamin.baylink.com>, Jay Ashworth writes: > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mark Andrews" <ma...@isc.org> > > [ me, to Valdis: ] > > > 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. > > I will remind you, Mark, that routers were originally called *gateways*.
And they didn't mangle packets. You either pass through a gateway or not. You don't have your internal organs re-arranged as you go through. > That was for a reason. > > Cheers, > -- jra > -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
