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RE: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making
From: Michael.Dillon () btradianz com
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 16:16:54 +0000
Convergence isn't going away because Networld Week thinks routers are insecure (no, really?). It's an argument for vendor diversity.
There are two ways to interpret that last statement. 1. Network operators should build their converged networks using equipment from multiple vendors, i.e. both Cisco and Juniper. 2. Companies should buy IP network services from more than one network operator and should make sure that one vendor runs a Cisco network and one vendor runs a Juniper network. Which did you have in mind? Personal, I think that convergence and diversity is one of those eternal questions that is never solved. There is an endless cycle as the flock moves first one way, then the other. Somewhere in between is a nice point of balance, but that too, is a moving target. There are always a few who see the world in black and white who move to extremes, but they are rarely rewarded for this since an extremely converged network is a single point of failure, and an extremely diverse network is unwieldy, unmanageable, expensive, and ultimately, fragile. It's good to see more focus on the security of embedded systems but somehow I thing that major vendors like Cisco and Juniper are going to address these problems INTERNALLY and we will all be able to continue converging our networks to run over an infrastructure provided by a two or three key vendors. --Michael Dillon --Michael Dillon
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- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making, (continued)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Blaine Christian (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Christopher L. Morrow (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Blaine Christian (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Tom Sands (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Warren Kumari (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Michael . Dillon (Nov 08)
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- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Roy S. Rapoport (Nov 08)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Simon Waters (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Christian Kuhtz (Nov 07)
- RE: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Michael . Dillon (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Christian Kuhtz (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Todd Vierling (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Christian Kuhtz (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Chris Woodfield (Nov 07)
- Re: Networking Pearl Harbor in the Making Joseph S D Yao (Nov 07)