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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Stephen Sprunk Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 2:52 AM To: Ron da Silva; [email protected] Subject: Re: it's here Thus spake "Ron da Silva" <[email protected]> > BOTH linerate filtering and packet inspection should be part of the minimal > requirements to sell routing hardware. Hmm...so in case any vendor out there > hasn't heard this directly from us, consider this a clarification of our > requirements. And UUnet's...and ?? any other providers want to make sure > that the vendor community gets the message here? The people paying the bill often don't have the same concept of requirements as the engineers. Don't get me wrong -- I think you're right and all gear should be capable of line-rate bi-directional filtering (and forwarding for that matter ;). However, speaking in general terms, when presented with a box that can and a box that can't, 90% of customers will end up buying the cheaper one, and that dictates vendors' development priorities. --- This also is related to concept that most vendors [when creating a box that does and a box that doesn't] don't charge anywhere near in line for the cost of inputs [hardware, design, software, etc] for the additional feature [assuming profit is already built into the original price of the box that doesn't]. Deepak Jain AiNET
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