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Re: GTSM - Do you use it?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pekka Savola)
Thu Aug 17 16:46:14 2006

Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:45:31 +0300 (EEST)
From: Pekka Savola <pekkas@netcore.fi>
To: John Smith <jsmith4112003@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20060817172011.78712.qmail@web25312.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu


On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, John Smith wrote:
> I would like to know if operators use GTSM techniques with BGP and 
> other routing protocols today? Is any at the perimeter of the 
> routing domain deployed? I would believe that GTSM can provide 
> protection against attacks more than a hop away and thus can save 
> against a lot of potential Dos attacks.
>
> Is anything done by the operators here?

We'd love to use it but unfortunately the J vendor doesn't support it 
very well even on T-series (if it supports it at all, not quite 
sure..).

Enhancement Requests haven't gotten through, but maybe gripes on nanog 
will :-(

-- 
Pekka Savola                 "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy                    kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings

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