[74849] in North American Network Operators' Group
Informal public hotspot BoF/lunch at 12:15 Monday in the RegencyFoyer (we'll try to move to a local eatery after we gather)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Ellis)
Fri Oct 15 14:36:04 2004
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:30:53 -0400
From: "Dan Ellis" <ellis@corp.ptd.net>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Hi all.=A0=A0 I am Dan Ellis, CTO of PenTeleData.=A0 We are a regional =
ISP/communications company owned by 7 cable and telephone companies, =
responsible for 150k+ broadband subscribers and associated IP =
infrastructures.=A0 Like many MSO's, we are looking at rolling out a =
large (300-500+ AP) distributed public hotspot infrastructure and have =
seen the following issues with both commercial and open source =
solutions:
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- Lack of subscriber accountability (NAT translations).
- Inability to see per subscriber "ip accounting/netflow" statistics.
- Lack of strong MAC and IP security (easily hijackable)
- Inability to control subscriber speeds.
- Poor OS implementations (no ssh, non robust upgrades)
- Limited or no radius accounting records.
- Limited subscriber time/max-transfer control.
- Inability to perform internal or external IDS (quarantining).
- Limited best practices guides dealing with the above items.
- Numerous issues with operator deployment methods.
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At the BoF, we hope to compile a list of requirements for vendors in =
order to get a better set of gear we can build a manageable hotspot =
infrastructure from.=A0 We'll present our requirements along with any =
other sets people have, then throw the floor open for discussion.=A0 I =
will attempt to steer vendors towards these requirements, work on a best =
practices guide, and then present my results to the Nanog community.
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Tim Pozar, Avi Freedman and I will gather for this informal BoF in the =
Regency Foyer at 12:15pm on Monday, 10/18/04.=A0 If the crowd is of an =
appropriate size, we'll then move to a local eatery.
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Hope to see you there,
--Dan
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Daniel Ellis,=A0CTO, PenTeleData
(610)826-9293
