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Re: NSPs and filters


From: Vadim Antonov <avg () pluris com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 14:23:53 -0700

Daniel Senie <dts () proteon com> wrote:

Would you care to explain just exactly WHY a CAM type architecture could
not filter packets WHILE BEING RECEIVED from a given type of wire? This
is NOT an unsolveable problem. Perhaps you've been blinded by the
current architecture of the equipment you've invested in to date.

I didn't say this problem is not "solveable". I said that the
solution is known, but to my knowledge nobody implemented
or plans to implement it in hardware (and for several good reasons,
too).

--vadim


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