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From: ewiles@netxcom.UUCP (Edwin Wiles)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Grumpy != grumpy
Message-ID: <1016@netxcom.UUCP>
Date: 26 Oct 88 14:36:20 GMT
Article-I.D.: netxcom.1016
References: <398@ditka.UUCP> <42300005@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> <25641@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: ewiles@netxcom.UUCP (Edwin Wiles)
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In article <25641@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) writes:
>
>I've heard all these amazing claims that "I shouldn't have to register
>my hosts" but I've never yet seen a good explanation for why it isn't
>A Good Idea.
>

I've only seen one article that could be interpreted as above, and that
one was simply asking whether he *had* to do it.

99.9% of the articles that I have seen have not railed against registration,
but instead have spoken out against *agressive rerouting*.  The basis for
speaking out against it was that you *can* *not* count on the map data being
accurate; EVEN IF EVERYONE REGISTERED!  EVEN IF THEY SENT MAP UPDATES IN IN
A TIMELY FASHION!  YOU CAN'T COUNT ON HAVING ACCURATE MAP DATA!  There are
always local conditions, delays in passing the new map data around, system
failures, mistakes in the map data, etc.....

Thus, agressive rerouting is a BAD IDEA!  It will continue to be a BAD IDEA
as long as 99% accurate map data cannot be guaranteed 100% of the time!

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