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BGP on Windows Desktop

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Re: BGP on Windows Desktop

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Post by count »

At first I thought this was going to just be a go program handling BGP data. And then I saw they injected the routes into the local windows FIB. Somewhere a CCIE is crying silently, and doesn't know why.

I get that it works, but something about this feels...deeply wrong :)

Re: BGP on Windows Desktop

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Post by kazen44 »

count wrote: post #2

At first I thought this was going to just be a go program handling BGP data. And then I saw they injected the routes into the local windows FIB. Somewhere a CCIE is crying silently, and doesn't know why. I get that it works, but something about this feels...deeply wrong :)

Running BGP on servers is incredibly useful though, especially on things like proxies and loadbalancers.

For instance, running services on loopback/dummy interfaces and announcing those IP's with BGP to the core network makes implementing anycast really, really easy.

Re: BGP on Windows Desktop

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Post by vbitz »

tptacek wrote: post #5
zamadatix wrote: post #4

I wonder if Windows can take a full table without tipping over internally.

This is just snark, right? Full tables aren't even close to the largest databases handled casually by Windows servers.

The question is if the routing table implementation in Windows (I assume inside the kernel) can handle it.

Re: BGP on Windows Desktop

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Post by tptacek »

vbitz wrote: post #6
tptacek wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is just snark, right? Full tables aren't even close to the largest databases handled casually by Windows servers.

The question is if the routing table implementation in Windows (I assume inside the kernel) can handle it.

Oh, that makes more sense. It can, I'm pretty sure? But sure, reasonable question.
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