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IETF Debates On: MPLS Is Bad

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the future-of-the-internet dept.

A reader writes "MPLS, or Multi-protocol Label Switching, seems to be a popular choice for router vendors nowadays until two AT&T researchers argue it differently. They "say MPLS create serious network management challenges for Internet backbone providers." "Even more dire are their warnings about potential security and privacy problems for companies that deploy MPLS-based VPNs." This issue will be discussed on an IETF meeting held this week in London. More details here ." Related to the IETF [?] , this submission came in: The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is now meeting in London for IETF-51. You can watch multicast sessions. "

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  1. Re:Ouch by RevAaron · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    If MPLS is that bad, I guess I'm happy to be in Duluth!

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  2. Re:Routers Suck by cperciva · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    but my site's routers or switches or something were down for like two days and I couldn't get my e-mail or anything. It really sucked.

    You know, when you troll like that you're supposed to sign the posts... something like "CmdrTaco", "Hemos", or perhaps "Anne Tomlinson".

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  3. Re:Routers Suck by Jin+Wicked · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually, I was trying to troll my troll, but I guess he's not around to post his usual Olsen Twins reply [to anything I say]. Slashdot doesn't have any of my old comments online any more with his comments attached. Hey buddy, you awake?

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  4. sysadmins view by jlemmerer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    all your routing problems are belong to us BSD or not BSD, that's the REAL question

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