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> Looking at the RFC it's never explained why this is needed. Chapter 5.1 (Suggested Uses) has at least some vague suggestions: > Some uses for the LOC RR hav
by echoangle 1y ago
> Looking at the RFC it's never explained why this is needed.
Chapter 5.1 (Suggested Uses) has at least some vague suggestions:
> Some uses for the LOC RR have already been suggested, including the
> USENET backbone flow maps, a "visual traceroute" application showing
> the geographical path of an IP packet, and network management
> applications that could use LOC RRs to generate a map of hosts and
> routers being managed.