Re: Securing the BGP or controlling it?

[Jorge Amodio <jmamodio () gmail com>]

> Also, while (IMHO) the much higher level of private interconnects / peering links in use today vs. 1997 makes willful 
> route hijacking more difficult, building better security directly into the protocol is certainly in order.  A good 
> parallel is the SS7 network that runs "routing" for traditional voice signaling: it's "secured" by using a completely 
> separate, out of band TDM network (DS1s and DS0s) but its also an "in the clear" protocol and could be subject to 
> willful vandalism.

Diff with SS7, we can't send a VoIP msg with every packet saying "Your
packet can not be delivered as routed, please restart your computer
and try again", ohh yes we can ICMP :-)

Cheers
Jorge