(ngtrans) Re: 6BONE AUP

[bmanning@ISI.EDU]

Most of these places are documented in old PIER drafts.



> 
> At 10:07 18/02/99 -0600, Matt Crawford wrote:
> 
> >One part of renumbering which hasn't been tackled, though, is
> >updating filter lists (aka access lists) on routers.  There are
> >probably some 6bone BGP filters in place here and there which would
> >take small but non-zero effort to update with each renumbering.
> >Ideas, anyone?
> 
> They are other places where IP addresses are burried deep.
> For example, we use some expensive software controled
> by a license server. The server needs a key to operate,
> and this key is derived by the software vendor
> from... the license server IP address!!!
> So each time the server change it's IP address, we have
> to go to this specific software vendor to get a new key.
> 
> I suggest we try to make a list of some "well known" places
> where IP addresses are buried.
> 
> On routers:
> - Access list (firewall)
> - BGP filters
> 
> On servers:
> - DNS (many places)
> - keys for license servers
> - ntp configuration file
> - /etc/networks ???
> 
> On client hosts:
> - DNS server address (if not using DHCP)
> 
> There is probably more to this.
> 
> 	- Alain.
> 
> 


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--bill