The Qos PipeDream [Was: RE: Two Tiered Internet]

John Kristoff jtk at northwestern.edu
Fri Dec 16 03:34:50 UTC 2005


On Fri, 16 Dec 2005 03:29:29 +0000 (GMT)
"Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow at mci.com> wrote:

> > In my experience that is easier said than done.  However, you remind
> > me of what I think is what most who say they want QoS are really
> > after. DoS protection.  By focusing on DoS mitigation instead of
> > trying to provide service differentiation, things begin to make more
> > sense and actually become much more practical and deployable.
> 
> how does qos help with a dos attack?

My point is that it's not QoS, it's DoS mitigation.  Whatever that
means to you, that is the solution I think most people may ultimately
be looking for when they say they want QoS.

John



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