[83195] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FCC Issues Rule Allowing FBI to Dictate Wiretap-Friendly Design
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Sun Aug 7 03:05:39 2005
To: randy@psg.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 6 Aug 2005 15:56:45 -1000"
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 09:02:21 +0200
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> but every feature has its cost in complexity and resources to build
> and maintain. resources are finite and complexity has super-linear
> cost. so i would much prefer that the vendors concentrate on the
> features *i* want <g>. and i am quite skeptical of features which
> non-paying non-customers want.
Agreed. However, in this case it matches a fature I've wanted for
years. Being able to mirror packets to a different port is pretty
common for managed switches, and is rather useful sometimes in
tracking abuse and similar. I *want* the same capability for my
routers.
Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
