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Re: Vyatta as a BRAS
From: Cian Brennan <cian.brennan () redbrick dcu ie>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:01:32 +0100
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:54:39AM -0400, Bill Bogstad wrote:
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Dobbins, Roland <rdobbins () arbor net> wrote:On Jul 15, 2010, at 10:23 PM, Joe Greco wrote:For example, for a provider whose entire upstream capacity is 1Gbps, I have a hard time seeing how a Linux- or FreeBSD-based box could credibly be claimed not to be a suitable edge router.Because it can and will be whacked quite easily by anyone who packets it, either deliberately or inadvertently. I've seen too many software-based routers fall over with far, far less traffic than 1gb/sec to think otherwise.Since you've seen "many software-based routers fall over", can you provide details on specific hardware/software/traffic patterns/rates where you've seen these failures? From what I can tell, software based routers are almost universally used in SOHO environments; so it would be nice to know when such solutions are no longer viable in your experience.
SOHO environmnents aren't normally targets of DOS attacks. And if they are, their pipes are probably small enough to be easily filled with far less difficulty than making the router fall over. I'm almost certain they're not the uses that Roland is saying that software routers are entirely unsuited for.
Thanks, Bill Bogstad
Current thread:
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS, (continued)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Franck Martin (Jul 13)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Joe Greco (Jul 13)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Dobbins, Roland (Jul 13)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Joe Greco (Jul 14)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Dobbins, Roland (Jul 14)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Joe Greco (Jul 14)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Tony Varriale (Jul 14)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Joe Greco (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Dobbins, Roland (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Bill Bogstad (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Cian Brennan (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Dobbins, Roland (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Joe Greco (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Dobbins, Roland (Jul 15)
- A question for the house and the moderators (was Re: Vyatta as a BRAS) Larry Sheldon (Jul 15)
- Re: A question for the house and the moderators (was Re: Vyatta as a BRAS) Dobbins, Roland (Jul 15)
- A question for the house and the moderators (was Re: Vyatta as a BRAS) Larry Sheldon (Jul 15)
- RE: Vyatta as a BRAS Dennis Burgess (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Łukasz Bromirski (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Lamar Owen (Jul 16)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Paul WALL (Jul 15)