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RE: OPSEC Working Group? Need people to do the work.



On Wed, 26 May 2004, Smith, Donald wrote:

> Maybe we can begin by defining roles/names for those Network Elements?
> These are my suggestions. I believe the definitions
> and names I have below are fairly commonly used by ISP's.
>
>
> Core: An NE that provides INTRA-AS access. Usually owned and managed by
> one corporation.
>
> Border: Peering border a NE that provides access for INTER-AS peers into
> an ISP's core.
>
> Edge aka customer edge: An NE that provides physical access for
> customers into an ISP's network.

Would a customer-owned box in a colo rack qualify for this definition?
If not, maybe a separate term is needed (colo box?).

dn