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A question for the house and the moderators (was Re: Vyatta as a BRAS)
From: Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon () cox net>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:43:01 -0500
On 7/15/2010 11:39, Dobbins, Roland wrote:
On Jul 15, 2010, at 11:33 PM, Joe Greco wrote:Provided with a counterexample where this isn't true, you simply ignore it.I've yet to see a counterexample involving a software-based edge router in a realistic testbed environment being deliberately packeted in order to cause an availability hit - apologies if I've missed one, mind.Your arguments revolve around "My Ford Pinto's gas tank once exploded on me and it happened to other people too, therefore all inexpensive cars have unsafe gas tanks."Actually, it's more along the lines of, "I've seen multiple accidents involving multiple brands/models of economy-class automobiles in which the passengers were grievously-injured or worse, while also having observed passengers walking away from similar accidents in similar circumstances involving heavier, more sturdily-built vehicles." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () arbor net> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice. -- H.L. Mencken
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Current thread:
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS, (continued)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Dobbins, Roland (Jul 14)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Joe Greco (Jul 14)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Tony Varriale (Jul 14)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Joe Greco (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Dobbins, Roland (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Bill Bogstad (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Cian Brennan (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Dobbins, Roland (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Joe Greco (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Dobbins, Roland (Jul 15)
- A question for the house and the moderators (was Re: Vyatta as a BRAS) Larry Sheldon (Jul 15)
- Re: A question for the house and the moderators (was Re: Vyatta as a BRAS) Dobbins, Roland (Jul 15)
- A question for the house and the moderators (was Re: Vyatta as a BRAS) Larry Sheldon (Jul 15)
- RE: Vyatta as a BRAS Dennis Burgess (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Ćukasz Bromirski (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Lamar Owen (Jul 16)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Paul WALL (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Jared Mauch (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Henry Linneweh (Jul 15)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Valdis . Kletnieks (Jul 16)
- Re: Vyatta as a BRAS Joe Greco (Jul 16)