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Don't forget the advertisements! A man in loud polyester suit shouting into a bullhorn Thank you, *Levi Pederson* Mankato Networks LLC cell | 612.481.0769 work | 612.787.7392 [log in to unmask] On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Shaun Carlson <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I wonder if the intent, to borrow your you're analogy, is to allow each > person coming to the potluck to make the decision to not eat one particular > dish... > > s > > > > *Shaun Carlson*Senior Manager of Information Technology | Arvig > ph: (218) 346-8673 | em: [log in to unmask] > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Levi Pederson < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> I will not be able to attend the UG meeting today but I would still like >> to respond to the discussion that is to take place during the meeting. >> >> This topic at hand is the decision to implement Community Strings in the >> Exchange. There have been a couple responses on this and the primary >> reasons stated is based on security from my understanding. >> >> I am opposed to this implementation. I believe the very idea of >> segregation in an Internet Exchange undermines the primary purpose of the >> exchange. We are here to make the internet better not honeycombed. >> >> The idea of segregation based on security is a bit odd to me. An >> allegorical situation would be the following : Invite multiple people over >> for a pot-luck dinner (BYO-Dish). Have someones kid break one said dish. >> Then have someone take ALL the food, secure in their house and grant >> access/monitor to specific pot-luck goers based entirely on their specific >> point of view. >> >> This process I feel will create too much segregation and deviate rather >> far from the ideological goal of the exchange. >> >> My thoughts on responses: >> >> 1. How can we continue to provide benefits and capabilities to new >> members or bgp sessions gone awry? >> a. We are currently implementing great layer 2 defenses and that is >> a great start. >> b. Create a list of best practices and configuration examples for >> connecting to the exchange as a community. >> >> Forgive the long post. Just my 2 cents on table tonight. >> >> Thank you, >> > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MICE-DISCUSS list, click the following link: > http://lists.iphouse.net/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=MICE-DISCUSS&A=1 >