Re: [sidr] BGPSec scaling (was RE: beacons and bgpsec)

Rob Shakir <rjs@rob.sh> Tue, 13 September 2011 18:23 UTC

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On 12 Sep 2011, at 19:28, George, Wesley wrote:

> I don't know that we're going to get a definitive answer from modeling, and I'm not trying to bring on analysis paralysis either. Randy's (and mine, and everyone else's) guess may be BS, but even making a gut check based on what info we have available and documenting the assumptions we're basing our decision on would be a good thing.

+1 to all Wes said in this post.

I've spent quite some time on similar problems (particularly around control-plane scale for network elements), and agree that modelling does not necessarily yield a definitive answer - however, some guidance as to what we might expect to need to be able to cater for is of great advantage from my perspective.

r.