[asterisk-biz] Re: Verizon Interconnection

[Matthew Rubenstein]

> You are on &@*#($&*#$ crack, that's why you can't get your VZ
> interconnect to work.

	One of the things I dislike most about this -biz list is how often it's
full of unbusinesslike outbursts like that.


> On Sun, 2007-06-10 at 14:53 -0400, alex at pilosoft.com wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Jun 2007, Matt wrote:
> 
> > Christopher,
> > I understand exactly what you are saying.... but let's think about this for
> > a moment.
> > 
> > If the networks we are stitching together have all public IPs, then either
> > one of two things is happening.
> > 
> > 1 - You can't access the IPs from the Internet, so they aren't really
> > public....they are from the public pool, and are depleting the limited
> > supply for IPs, but they aren't public, therefore they should be private
> > IPs.
> > 
> > 2 - You can access the IPs from the Internet, therefore, there is no need
> > for a VPN.
> > 
> > You should never never never NEVER use public IPs behind a firewall (unless
> > they can be accessed from the Internet).   To put a public IP behind a
> > firewall where it can't be accessed is a waste of IP space, and asking for
> > routing problems.
> You are on &@*#($&*#$ crack, that's why you can't get your VZ
> interconnect to work.
> 
> a) You can, and occasionally should, use public space on a network that's
> not connected to public Internet. You *can* request IP space from ARIN or
> other RIRs for specifically those purposes. Reasons can be: 1) you may
> need to connect to internet later without renumbering 2) so you can 
> connect two private networks tomorrow without risk of conflict. Read 
> RFC1918, 'disadvantages' part.
> 
> b) Just because you are running IPSEC, it doesn't mean you have to have 
> private IP space on either side. It doesn't mean you have to run it in 
> "tunnel" mode. The purpose of IPSEC is to encrypt live traffic, without 
> need for additional IP addresses or tunnels or whatever.
> 
> Hire someone who knows what they are doing.
> 
> -alex 
> 
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