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Re: Do Not Complicate Routing Security with Voodoo Economics
From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins () arbor net>
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2011 05:06:13 +0000
On Sep 5, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Dobbins, Roland wrote:
Origin validation <> path validation.
Rather, that should read, 'Origin/path validation <> origin/path enforcement'. The idea of origin validation is a simple one. The idea of path validation isn't to determine the 'correctness' or 'desirability' of a particular AS-path, but rather to determine the *validity* (or at least the *feasability*) of a given AS-path. Origin validation is relatively easy compared to AS-path validation, and origin validation is the most important function of S*BGP. And in a world with universal origin and AS-path validation, how is there some economic advantage to be had by deploying S*BGP? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Roland Dobbins <rdobbins () arbor net> // <http://www.arbornetworks.com> The basis of optimism is sheer terror. -- Oscar Wilde
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