[isp-bgp] Re: BGP-linux

[alex@...]

> Last DDoS attack I saw was 800,000pps destined for AS27595 over a Gig-E.
> I was thinking 1.5mpps for a fastE full of 64byte packets, I was
> actually wrong and I think a more resonable number is ~195kpps. Can I
> see a PC router doing that?

I can do 250kpps random src/dest now on a PC router, no problem. After 
that, it begins to get tricky. :)

> > If you can forward 300Mbps but your network falls down during DoS, does it
> > really matter that you can forward 300Mbps?
> 
> Sure, you paid possibly no money for a router that can get you past the
> initial cost hump of selling BW.
> 
> Didn't you make that assertion to ASR the other day anyways?
Not me. I'm well aware of dangers of running network thats susceptible 
to DoS...