BGP FlowSpec support on provider networks

Sat Apr 11 04:54:05 UTC 2009

On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 6:38 PM, John Payne <john at sackheads.org> wrote:
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> On Apr 10, 2009, at 4:27 PM, "Fouant, Stefan" <Stefan.Fouant at neustar.biz>
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>> Hi folks,
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>> 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...
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> 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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