[144528] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: vyatta for bgp
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Tue Sep 13 10:21:12 2011
To: Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:48:31 CDT."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:17:39 -0400
Cc: North American Network Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:48:31 CDT, Jimmy Hess said:
> One thing.. the OP was asking about anyone using Vyatta for BGP.
> Using Vyatta for BGP doesn't necessarily mean the Vyatta unit is actually a device
> forwarding the packets... someone could be using it as a route server, or for
> otherwise populating forwarding tables of other devices with
> third-party next hops :-)
I would expect a properly configured Vyatta running as a route server
to be pretty darn near zortch-proof, no? (Barring BGP packet-o-death
issues of course - but is there a router vendor who *hasn't* had at
least 2 or 3 of those? ;)
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