[127793] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Vyatta as a BRAS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dobbins, Roland)
Wed Jul 14 11:44:52 2010
From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:44:11 +0000
In-Reply-To: <201007141517.o6EFHmhI013994@aurora.sol.net>
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On Jul 14, 2010, at 10:17 PM, Joe Greco wrote:
> The truth is that you can keep throwing CPU at a problem as well. I can =
size a software based router such that it can remain available.
Not against mpps, or even high kpps, you can't, unfortunately.
> Software based platforms have an incredible edge in areas that hardware b=
ased platforms don't, including capex and the ability to find replacement p=
arts after a disaster.
I agree 100% with this, and with much of what you say. My point is that at=
the *edge* - like a BRAS, which is how this thread started - one must have=
platforms which can be adequately protected against attack/abuse, and hard=
ware-based platforms are the only practical way to do that.
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