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Re: Flow Based Routing/Switching (Was: "Does TCP Need an Overhaul?" (internetevolution, via slashdot))

  • From: Roland Dobbins
  • Date: Sat Apr 05 06:34:17 2008
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On Apr 5, 2008, at 5:16 PM, Jeroen Massar wrote:

The flows are in those boxes, but only for stats purposes exported with NetFlow/IPFIX/sFlow/etc. Apparently it was not as fast as they liked it to be


This is essentially correct. NetFlow was originally intended as a switching mechanism, but then it became apparent that the value of the information in the cache and the ability to export it as telemetry were of more value, as there were other, more efficient methods of moving the packets around.

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