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Killing the ISP Appliance: An eBPF/XDP Approach to Distributed BNG

https://markgascoyne.co.uk/posts/ebpf-bng/
33•chaz6•2h ago

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Guestmodinfo•2h ago
Can Iran like internet ban happen? i feel the answer is no. We can finally escape govt sponsored censorship
direwolf20•1h ago
It can always happen. The government would just have to arrest everyone who doesn't comply, like they do in Iran.
pstuart•59m ago
That could never happen here /s
modernpacifist•1h ago
The [ONT → OLT(+BNG)] → Internet] sections of the paths will continue to be owned by commercial entities that can still be the subject of court orders and/or government pressure.

Even if you were to roll your own cable in the ground to your own ONT/OLT/BNG at some point you will need to acquire IP transit or peering from other commercial entities.

direwolf20•29m ago
The latter usually isn't that difficult, just expensive. You can usually rent a leased line from anywhere to anywhere. The government will still come knocking if they think you're evading their censorship.
genpfault•1h ago
Because TFA never bothered to define it:

Broadband Network Gateway (BNG)[1]

[1]: https://github.com/codelaboratoryltd/bng#bng-broadband-netwo...

direwolf20•1h ago
Is it the FTTX equivalent of a BRAS?
bigwheels•1h ago
Thanks! "OLT" was also new to me. In case others find it helpful:

> OLT = Optical Line Terminal.

> In ISP fiber (typically GPON/EPON) infrastructure, it’s the provider-side device at the central office/headend that terminates and controls the passive optical network: it connects upstream into the ISP’s aggregation/core network and downstream via fiber (through splitters) to many customers’ ONTs/ONUs, handling PON line control, provisioning, QoS, and traffic aggregation.

joshbaptiste•45m ago
Thanks.. was reading the article like WTF is "BNG"
lormayna•31m ago
I have been worked for a regional ISP 10 years ago and having an architecture like that one, would be a godsend. With centralized BNGs we were not able to apply upstream QoS policies for subscribers on the backhaulings and we had to apply policies on DSLAM access ports.

We ended using a couple of cheap Mikrotik as PPPoE concentrators for every access room, in a similar way as you did. But the reliability of Mikrotik routers was not the best

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