[87397] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The Qos PipeDream [Was: RE: Two Tiered Internet]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Kristoff)
Thu Dec 15 22:35:29 2005
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 21:34:50 -0600
From: John Kristoff <jtk@northwestern.edu>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0512160319330.20032@marvin.argfrp.us.uu.net>
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On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:29:29 +0000 (GMT)
"Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow@mci.com> wrote:
> > In my experience that is easier said than done. However, you remind
> > me of what I think is what most who say they want QoS are really
> > after. DoS protection. By focusing on DoS mitigation instead of
> > trying to provide service differentiation, things begin to make more
> > sense and actually become much more practical and deployable.
>
> how does qos help with a dos attack?
My point is that it's not QoS, it's DoS mitigation. Whatever that
means to you, that is the solution I think most people may ultimately
be looking for when they say they want QoS.
John
