[c-nsp] Nexus V1000 - Feedback?

[Roland Dobbins]

On Jun 9, 2009, at 6:12 PM, Sam Stickland wrote:

>  only offers non-stateful ACLs and no inspection so I'm not sure  
> it's really that useful?

Stateful inspection in front of front-end servers is generally not  
only useless, but counterproductive, as it greatly increases  
susceptibility to DDoS.  Especially with a software-based switch/ 
router/what-have-you.

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