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- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
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- From: cranch@novell.com (Christopher Ranch)
- Subject: Re: multiple phase2 zones on a network
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.181817.8141@novell.com>
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- Organization: Novell Inc., San Jose, Califonia
- References: <1dp2m2INNhna@alshain.usc.edu> <1992Nov10.212317.22514@novell.com> <1dra1gINNdv8@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 18:18:17 GMT
- Lines: 28
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- In article <1dra1gINNdv8@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> trier@slc6.ins.cwru.edu (Stephen C. Trier) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov10.212317.22514@novell.com> cranch@novell.com (Christopher Ranch) writes:
- >> Once a router (any router) has been seeded by _any_ means,
- >> to too becomes a seed router.
- >
- >You know, I've always wished someone would distinguish between authoritative
- >and non-authoritative zone lists. A seed router would have an authoritative
- >zone list, and a non-seed router would be non-authoritative.
-
- That would be nice, but ...
-
- >Granted, this can't be done today without modifying the protocols, but it is
- >sorely needed. There really ought to be a clean way to do a gradual reload
- >of routers on a network.
-
- This is a trusted host issue (who shall you accept network
- configuration or routing information from), which is a form
- of security. Ugly configuration is the price you pay for
- plug and play workstations, and definitely can stand to be
- improved.
-
- Chris
- ---
- Chris Ranch
- Internetworking Products Division
- Novell, Inc. San Jose, CA
- (408)473-8667 cranch@novell.com
- I may work for Novell, but I don't speak for them...
-