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Re: SDN Internet Router (sir)
From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2023 10:15:34 -0500
On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 8:37 AM Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc> wrote:
Disagree that it’s a line in the sand. It’s use the right tool for the job. If a device is low FIB, it’s that way for a reason. There are plenty of ways to massage that with policy and software, depending on capabilities , but at the end of the day, trying to sort 10 pounds of shit to store in a 5 pound bag is eventually going to end up the same way.
Some of the reasoning behind 'i need/want to do SDN things' is 'low fib device' sort of reasonings. Some is: "I just want a forwarding decision that's not entirely LPM oriented" (or to be fair: "My LPM is not JUST longest prefix, but also some other data") For folk that are looking for software alternatives you might look at faucet: https://github.com/faucetsdn/faucet which still seems to be actively developed.
Current thread:
- SDN Internet Router (sir) Mike Hammett (Jan 03)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Mel Beckman (Jan 03)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Mike Hammett (Jan 03)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Mike Hammett (Jan 03)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Tom Beecher (Jan 04)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Christopher Morrow (Jan 04)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Masataka Ohta (Jan 06)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Matthew Walster via NANOG (Jan 06)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Masataka Ohta (Jan 06)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Matthew Walster via NANOG (Jan 06)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Masataka Ohta (Jan 07)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Matthew Walster via NANOG (Jan 07)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Masataka Ohta (Jan 07)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Mike Hammett (Jan 10)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Mike Hammett (Jan 10)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Masataka Ohta (Jan 11)
- Re: SDN Internet Router (sir) Mel Beckman (Jan 03)