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8 Appendix
8 Appendix
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8.1 E-mail conversation with Paolo Lucente.
pmacct Case Studies
From:Paolo Lucente (paolo@pmacct.net)
Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2012 2:06:21 AM
To: Daniel Karlström (dkm07001@student.mdh.se)
Hi Daniel,
Thanks for your interest in pmacct.
There have indeed been implementations of pmacct on such a scale before.
Unfortunately, once the implementation is finished the ISP's usually wrap
it up in an NDAs (Non-Disclosure Agreements), making me unavailable to
reveal the information to anyone else. This is due to security reasons,
as such case studies would undoubtedly contain information about their
internal network and they don't want that getting out.
The only thing i can point you is at the end of this presentation:
http://www.pmacct.net/pmacct_peering_epf5.pdf
A few slides on the case-study of AS286, using pmacct for their peering
purposes. AS286 is a reputable IP carrier (tier 2) in Europe.
Regards,
Paolo
On Wed, April 3, 2012 at 10:22:49PM +0200, Daniel Karlström wrote:
>
> Greetings Paolo,
>
> My name is Daniel Karlström and I am doing a thesis on pmacct for Mälardalen
University, Sweden.
> The thesis is investing whether or not pmacct is suitable for larger
installations, at the ISP
> level for instance. I have not come across any prior work in this field and
was wondering if they exist.
> Are there any existing case studies I might use and reference to?
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel Karlström, Mälardalen University, Sweden.
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