Re: DVB/IP from teleglobe (and/or others)

[Hank Nussbacher <hank () att net il>]

At 17:03 13/06/00 -0400, Jim Mercer wrote:

Try http://www.ipplanet.com.  Don't know if they can do what you want - but 
worth a try.

-Hank



> i have a client that is looking to use DVB/IP to blast ip packets into various
> geographic areas.
>
> DVB/IP is basically piggy backing ip packets on Digital Video Broadcast
> satelite signals, allowing the end-users to collect the packets with a
> rather inexpensive receiving dish.
>
> the end-user will need some normal method of sending their packets out,
> typically via dial-up into a local ISP.
>
> this is nothing new, direct PC/ hughes have been doing it for a while, 
> although
> i don't know if they are/were using DVB/IP, but a similar set up.
>
> teleglobe markets a service where they will advertise some subnets on your
> behalf, take the incoming packets and spew them into the areas you are looking
> to go.
>
> when investigating this, i initially thought it was great.
>
> i started discussing issues i had, like how it would be a good idea to 
> have the
> ingress of the DVB/IP network-wise close to the client's internet egress.
>
> this would reduce some of the problems of asymetric routing.
>
> i also pointed out, that it would be a good idea to have some kinda system
> in front of the DVB/IP so that you could do some level of firewalling against
> DoS attacks and such.
>
> i then found out that teleglobe makes no provision for the customer to
> filter the packets before they hit the DVB/IP uplink.
>
> the best they offered was to allow an out-of-band (ie. almost paperbound
> procedure) configuration of an access list on their router.
>
> are their any other DVB/IP providers who will allow my clients to install
> a firewall/filter box in front of the DVB/IP uplink?
>
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