Re: The Great Exchange

["Jay R. Ashworth" <jra () scfn thpl lib fl us>]

On Fri, May 29, 1998 at 07:02:23AM +0000, Michael Shields wrote:
> Can you back up your comment about metering requiring three times the
> current CPU capacity of routers?

No, I pulled it outta my butt.  But I do hear that a significant amount
of router CPU is necessary to add this function, particularly at high
packet rates, and a similar amount of analysis CPU would then also be
necessary.

Cheers,
-- jra
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