[167760] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Making of a Router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Justin M. Streiner)
Sat Dec 28 01:02:21 2013
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 21:34:00 -0500 (EST)
From: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
To: William Waites <wwaites@tardis.ed.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <20131228.030051.509727617.wwaites@tardis.ed.ac.uk>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Sat, 28 Dec 2013, William Waites wrote:
> 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'
Yes, a given.
jms