On 8/15/2013 9:05 AM, Leo Bicknell wrote:
On Aug 14, 2013, at 3:27 PM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patr...@ianai.net>
wrote:
Once you define what you mean by "how bit is the Internet", I'll be
happy to spout off about how big it is. :)
Arbitrary definition time: A Internet host is one that can send and
receive packets directly with at least one far end device addressed
out of RIR managed IPv4 or IPv6 space.
That means behind a NAT counts, behind a firewall counts, but a true
private network (two PC's into an L2 switch with no other
connections) does not, even if they use IP protocols. Note that
devices behind a pure L3 proxy do not count, but the L3 proxy itself
counts.
Isn't that like excluding city streets from the "How many miles of
roads?" question--likely to be the bigger fraction of the
whole-as-a-traveler-sees-it?
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