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From: ljm@TWG.COM (Leo J McLaughlin)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: default routes in IP gateways
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Date: 27 Dec 89 18:40:00 GMT
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>	No Internet bouncing and no big routing tables. Default routes
>don't harm internets; people harm internets.
>
>					+-DLS  (dls@mentor.cc.purdue.edu)

True enough, and an appropriate phraseology.  Default routes are a
powerful and quite useful tool, but they do allow the uninformed to
shoot themselves in the foot.

enjoy,
leo j mclaughlin iii
The Wollongong Group
ljm@twg.com