Rodger --
You've described a perfectly valid IP network. A Class B network with
a netmask of 255.255.255.0, in fact.
Unisys marketing hype notwithstanding, CTOS doesn't have any magic powers.
The IP traffic is tunneled over X.25 -- you're on MILNET. And, if you
think about it, Paul's use of the word "cloud" is exactly what you've
drawn. Paul's response may have been hurried, but it wasn't really
inaccurate.
Regards,
Richard
* Paul Ferguson, You responded to a firewall question and stated:
*
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* If by "it" you mean the firewall device itself, its certainly not necessary
* to allocate an entire class "c" network address for a single device. In fact,
* you really can't because the interfaces on the box must belong to the
* IP network(s) that share the "wire" (or cloud, as it were).
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*
* I have heard this before, but have never understood it. The reason I
* have a hard time with it is because my system is set up with both X25
* and Ethernet connections and they are all the same subnet.
*
* ___________________________________________Ethernet Backbone, North Carolina
* | | |
* | | |
* 152.119.239.200 152.119.239.201 152.119.239.202
* | | |
* | | |
* \ | /
* \ | /
* <--------------------------------->
* < >
* < The X25 Cloud >
* < >
* <--------------------------------->
* / | \
* / | \
* 152.119.239.203 152.119.239.204 152.119.239.205
* Alaska Houston SanDiego
*
*
* This works without routers or bridges.
* It works on the CTOS operating system.
* I understand UNIX won't do this.
* But I don't understand why.
* If CTOS does it, why can't UNIX or Routers do it?
*
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* Network Administrator | R.ROSSMAN/ARSC @
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