[HN Gopher] BGP on Windows Desktop
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       BGP on Windows Desktop
        
       Author : GSGBen
       Score  : 21 points
       Date   : 2023-01-14 08:52 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (goldensyrupgames.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (goldensyrupgames.com)
        
       | zamadatix wrote:
       | I wonder if Windows can take a full table without tipping over
       | internally.
        
         | tptacek wrote:
         | This is just snark, right? Full tables aren't even close to the
         | largest databases handled casually by Windows servers.
        
       | count wrote:
       | 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 :)
        
         | kazen44 wrote:
         | 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.
        
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