Re: BGP FlowSpec support on provider networks

[John Payne <john () sackheads org>]

On Apr 10, 2009, at 4:27 PM, "Fouant, Stefan"  
<Stefan.Fouant () neustar biz> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I am trying to compile data on which providers are currently  
> supporting
> BGP Flowspec at their edge, if there are any at all.  The few  
> providers
> I've reached out to have indicated they do not support this and have  
> no
> intention of supporting this any time in the near future.  I'm also
> curious why something so useful as to have the ability to advertise  
> flow
> specification information in NLRI and distribute filtering information
> is taking so long to gain a foothold in the industry...

Can you name 3 major vendors who support it?  I suspect more providers  
would offer it if there was vendor support.
Last I checked, at least one vendor was fighting mad over the thought  
of supporting it.