Re: So -- what did happen to Panix?

["Stephen Sprunk" <stephen () sprunk org>]

Thus spake <Michael.Dillon () btradianz com>
> > seems to me that certified validation of prefix ownership and as
> > path are the only real way out of these problems that does not
> > teach us the 42 reasons we use a *dynamic* protocol.
>
> Wouldn't a well-operated network of IRRs used by 95% of
> network operators be able to meet all three of your
> requirements?

We have such a database (used by Verio and others), but the Panix incident 
happened anyway due to bit rot.  We've got to find a way to fix the layer 8 
problems before we can make improvements at layer 3.

S

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