[17839] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: So... what's the best routing solution for..
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tony Li)
Sat Jun 13 04:10:18 1998
To: sjsobol@shell.nacs.net (Steve Sobol)
cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: Tony Li <tli@juniper.net>
Date: 13 Jun 1998 01:00:19 -0700
In-Reply-To: sjsobol@shell.nacs.net's message of 12 Jun 98 14:14:47 GMT
sjsobol@shell.nacs.net (Steve Sobol) writes:
> > He said this was an ethernet handoff from the isp; they are not simply
> > going to plug him into a switch; he will most likely get a port on a
> > cisco; they should be able to apply policies for him.. no?
>
> True.
So do you _really_ want someone else configuring your packet filter?
I didn't think so.
> > I don't see why he even needs a router, unless there is a lack of a trust
> > of the upstream's ability to filter.. Or if you know beforehand they will
> > not?
>
> I don't know that I necessarily need a router. :>
D'accord. But you probably do want a packet filter/firewall/L3 protection
of some flavor.
> Incidentally, if this is better discussed on another list,
> I'll go subscribe to it and raise the question there...
Hell no, this is operational content. ;-)
Tony
