Just to respond to one detail...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > All diffserv classifiers require configuration. This would
> > mean configuring
> > a classifier to look for (say)
> >
> > Destination IP = Big Customer X
> > Source IP = *
> > Flow Label = 12345
> >
>
> The wildcard in Source IP is dangerous. If there is a wildcard, someone
> having knowledge of the SLA could send the X some extra packets every now
> and then, if it will result in monetary flow from X to ISP.
Of course; I was just making up a simple example. A more likely example
is that the Source IP is the range of addresses of another Big Customer Y,
i.e. X is willing to pay more for traffic from Y.
(And yes, even that is exposed to spoofing, but we know that ingress
filtering is required anyway.)
Brian
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