Re: tcp md5 bgp attacks?

[Randy Bush <randy () psg com>]

> With regards to BGP, the MD5 thing was promulgated to counter what was
> a largely theoretical threat.

the rst attacks were a very serious problem.  attacks were very real and
very disruptive.  gtsm et alia were a few years later.

> We still see DDoS attacks against routers, of course.

i am focused on bgp, not the daily craptastic packet fling.

randy