Re: soBGP deployment

[Randy Bush <randy () psg com>]

> >   o with sbgp, the assertion of the validity of asn A announcing
> >     prefix P to asn B is congruent with the bgp signaling itself,
> >     A merely signs the assertion in the bgp announcement.
>
> >   o with sobgp, the assertion is in an external database with
> >     issues such as
>
> This is nonsense. Did you even read the soBGP drafts?

yes

> In S-BGP the certificates are carried in path attributes, in soBGP in  
> a new BGP message. Other than that, they do not differ in this regard.

you are confusing certificates and the attestation of routing
policy.  

> Do I hear you say that S-BGP is less complex than soBGP??

yes

randy