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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: DVB/IP from teleglobe (and/or others)
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 [email protected] +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. ]
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