On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 04:29:31PM -0700, Jon Mansey wrote:
InterPacket Networks offer IP/DVB services to our 650 customers in over 100 countries.
The logistics of allowing each customer to put a firewall of their own at the satellite head end are problematic to say the least.
i don't see the problem. if i park a box between your primary internet connection, and the router directly in front of the DVB/IP uplink, your main router can send my packets to my machine, which can then hand them to your DVB/IP router. your main router can continue to hand the rest of the packets directly to the DVB/IP router. the customer box, if it malfunctions, only effects the customer's traffic. even doing this 650 times, is not a problem. if a client is willing to pay an additional co-location fee for the box, i don't see why you would object.
Its like asking UUnet to put a firewall in their core just for you, forget it.
the reason this would be a useless request, is that there is no single point in uunet's network (except for the individual customer connection) where such a firewall would make sense.
How much bandwidth are you looking for via satellite?
10-20mbit, for this client. replicate that 3-5 times, if i get a successful and manageable solution. -- [ Jim Mercer jim@reptiles.org +1 416 410-5633 ] [ Reptilian Research -- Longer Life through Colder Blood ] [ Don't be fooled by cheap Finnish imitations; BSD is the One True Code. ]