Re: BGP FlowSpec support on provider networks

[Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists () gmail com>]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 6:38 PM, John Payne <john () sackheads org> wrote:
> 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

juniper... and when they dropped the IPR stuff other vendors basically
walked away :(

> offer it if there was vendor support.
> Last I checked, at least one vendor was fighting mad over the thought of
> supporting it.

yes :( weee! poilitics!

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