Re: requirements draft revision

["Jon (Taz) Mischo" <taz@tazlore.com>]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Joe Abley wrote:

> > No, it's the fact that C will route _any_ of its customers' traffic to
> 
> We were avoiding the use of "customer", I think, in the interests of finding
> a technical description as opposed to a commercial one.

A transit provider can ONLY be described by its relationship to a
customer, as it is a term used to describe a commercial behavior.

> > either its destination or to an egress point nearer (usually) its
> > destination that makes it a transit provider.  The word any is the key.  A
> > peer will route any traffic you send it that is destined for its own
> > network, and sometimes to other agreed upon networks.  A transit provider
> > routes you to EVERYTHING.
> 
> Right. Isn't this encapsulated in Randy's use of "global"?

Yes, I believe so.  I was just arguing with the latest round of
descriptions, because Randy's point seemed to have bounced off.

-Taz

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