Re: Vyatta as a BRAS

["Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins () arbor net>]

On Jul 14, 2010, at 3:26 AM, Tony Li wrote:

> The whole point about being DoS resistant is one of horsepower.  To do DoS protection correctly, you need to be able 
> to do packet examination at line rate.

Right.  And to date, such routers make use of ASICs - i.e., 'hardware-based' routers, in the vernacular.  

Routers which use only centralized, general-purpose processors can't handle even a fraction of 'line-rate' without 
tanking, as innumerable real-world examples of said behavior over the years have repeatedly and conclusively 
demonstrated.

;>

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