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

["Smith, Donald" <Donald.Smith@qwest.com>]

IMO a customer owned system is outside scope. I am assuming this
documents focus is NSP's not end users.
George am I off base on this on. That assumption is based on earlier
work and I am not certain it still applies.

But a COLO switch/router should be included. That will look like an edge
in many ways but there could be differences in basic functionality so
...

Colo: An NE that provides customer physical access in a shared or
collocation facility. Some shared management (control plane) plus
potential for customer's physical control. (Not sure how to phrase this
but in a colo a customer could
pull the plug on their own or other's customers equipment including the
COLO.) Physical protections above and beyond
a limited access facility should be required.  


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-opsec@psg.com [mailto:owner-opsec@psg.com] On 
> Behalf Of David Newman
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 9:15 AM
> Cc: opsec@ops.ietf.org
> Subject: 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
> 
>