[52378] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: layer 3 switch debate
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard A Steenbergen)
Fri Sep 27 14:00:37 2002
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 13:59:52 -0400
From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net>
To: Iljitsch van Beijnum <iljitsch@muada.com>
Cc: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@opaltelecom.co.uk>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20020927105023.A58548-100000@sequoia.muada.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 11:28:39AM +0200, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
>
> Core routers typically don't do any filtering and the BGP setup (if any)
> is straightforward, so switch-like routers are good here.
May god have mercy on your core.
Or, to paraphrase Randy Bush, "I fully encourage my competitors to design
their network this way."
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