That is true, although distributed route-servers that serve specific region may be easier dealing with emergencies (i.e. local POP(s) having emergency situation etc)
-hc -- Sincerely, Haesu C. TowardEX Technologies, Inc. WWW: http://www.towardex.com E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell: (978) 394-2867 On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 12:36:09PM -0400, Edward Lewis wrote: > > At 19:08 -0400 8/25/03, Haesu wrote: > > Managing a filter list on one or a few route-servers rather than an > >AS with hundred edge routers is so much time saving and less > >humanerror-prone. > > But balance that with keep the path from filter list to route-server > short too - because if you need to adjust a filter list in response > to a network (or utility) emergency, you want to make sure the data > is available. > > (Based on experience with a project researching DDOS response. We > relied on certificates distributed by a DNS server. When the flood > was released, accessing DNS became impossible - the security system > drowned in the flood.) > -- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Edward Lewis +1-703-227-9854 > ARIN Research Engineer > > Sponge Bob Square Pants? I'm still trying to figure out the Macarena.
