[29162] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DVB/IP from teleglobe (and/or others)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Mercer)
Tue Jun 13 20:37:41 2000
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 20:35:30 -0400
From: Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org>
To: Jon Mansey <jon@interpacket.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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In-Reply-To: <p04310105b56c726e7c92@[192.168.2.101]>; from jon@interpacket.net on Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 04:29:31PM -0700
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On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 04:29:31PM -0700, Jon Mansey wrote:
> InterPacket Networks offer IP/DVB services to our 650 customers in
> over 100 countries.
>
> The logistics of allowing each customer to put a firewall of their
> own at the satellite head end are problematic to say the least.
i don't see the problem.
if i park a box between your primary internet connection, and the router
directly in front of the DVB/IP uplink, your main router can send my packets
to my machine, which can then hand them to your DVB/IP router.
your main router can continue to hand the rest of the packets directly to
the DVB/IP router.
the customer box, if it malfunctions, only effects the customer's traffic.
even doing this 650 times, is not a problem.
if a client is willing to pay an additional co-location fee for the box,
i don't see why you would object.
> Its like asking UUnet to put a firewall in their core just for you, forget it.
the reason this would be a useless request, is that there is no single
point in uunet's network (except for the individual customer connection) where
such a firewall would make sense.
> How much bandwidth are you looking for via satellite?
10-20mbit, for this client. replicate that 3-5 times, if i get a successful
and manageable solution.
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