12/06/2001
Jon Crowcroft, IAB
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IP level intercept considered braindead
•First you need to capture and filter packets on fiber
in most core and inter-tier-1 provider points
at >10Gbps now. Computers don’t have fast
enough memory or buses to store more than a couple
of seconds of this. In 2001, UK academic nets,
for example, would require 2 terabits per
second worth of storage. You can’t filter, ship
or store this:
•Say you need to ship it somewhere – over what network? The net would have to be the square of its current
speed – the agencies can’t afford this …