On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Erik Haagsman wrote:
On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 19:32, Jeff Aitken wrote:
On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 06:00:38PM +0200, Erik Haagsman wrote:
Only very small ISPs relying on 36xx's or multilayer switching instead of larger, more powerful might be still valid cases where ACL's are a problem.
Interesting assertion. Care to support it?
It's not unusual for smaller ISP's and small hosting companies to rely on low-spec equipment that can just deal with normal traffic flows, but start falling apart when a traffic spike hits and access lists are present. As an example, take a lower end IronCore Foudry switch with a
Or, look at some examples in the 6500 family even, not really a 'low end' switch, but still able to fail spectacularly under abnormal conditions. (provided you don't have super new Sup720 and other wizz-bang-foo hot off the presses) -Chris