[127743] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Vyatta as a BRAS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Curtis Maurand)
Tue Jul 13 11:08:11 2010
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:07:11 -0400
From: Curtis Maurand <cmaurand@xyonet.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <F0BB695C-5394-437D-A3AD-710F6D3D00F0@arbor.net>
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On 7/13/2010 4:53 AM, Dobbins, Roland wrote:
> On Jul 13, 2010, at 3:00 PM,<khatfield@socllc.net> wrote:
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>> I agree software-based deployments have their flaws but I do not agree that it cannot be managed securely with comparable or exceeding uptime -vs- a drop in appliance. I firmly believe it has it's place in 'today's internet'.
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> When a single botted/misbehaving host easily can take down a software-based BRAS, that's a pretty strong indication that software-based edge devices are contraindicated, heh.
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> Software-based edge devices have been obsolete for a long time, now. They're a great risk to operators who've yet to replace them with hardware-based devices.
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They are all software based, no matter who builds them. Cisco IOS,
Juniper JunOS, etc.
--Curtis
