In that case you are entirely accurate. If you were to use Vyatta (linux-based) systems for this then you would likely need additional infrastructure to firewall or zone it to ensure it can't be hit directly.
Depending on what all it has running and the configuration it could be firewalled off locally but you're right it wouldn't withstand like 'hardware-accelerated' as stated before. Sorry for the confusion :) ------Original Message------ From: Dobbins, Roland To: NANOG list Subject: Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Sent: Jul 13, 2010 1:37 PM On Jul 14, 2010, at 1:29 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > We were talking about routing though. I was talking about packeting the boxes directly, apologies for being unclear - that's what I meant when I said that the era of software-based edge boxes is long past. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <[email protected]> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice. -- H.L. Mencken
