Re: NSPs and filters

[Vadim Antonov <avg () pluris com>]

randy> So, at POP X, I take in maybe 100 prefixes, with maybe 1000
randy> at some POPs.  How do I build and maintain that filter list,

alan () mindvision com (Alan Hannan) wrote:

>  The same way you build and maintain routing filter lists for the
>  prefixes you take in.

Bzzt. Routing filter lists are applied to routing updates.  Packet
filter lists are applied to packets.

Big difference.

1000-entry packet filter will slow any existing router down to crawl,
and practically all future boxes won't do any better.

--vadim