[167750] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Making of a Router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Waites)
Fri Dec 27 22:01:23 2013
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 03:00:51 +0000 (GMT)
To: streiner@cluebyfour.org
From: William Waites <wwaites@tardis.ed.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1312270713440.22688@whammy.cluebyfour.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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On Fri, 27 Dec 2013 07:23:36 -0500 (EST), "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org> said:
> You end up combining some of the downsides of a hardware-based
> router with some of the downsides of a server (new attack
> vectors, another device that needs to be backed up, patched, and
> monitored...
Might be a good idea to back up, patch and monitor your routers
too... Just sayin'
