Re: BGP Security and PKI Hierarchies (was: Re: Wifi Security)

[Kurt Erik Lindqvist <kurtis () kurtis pp se>]

On 25 nov 2005, at 02.07, Sean Donelan wrote:

> Although techincal folks may think its just about math,  
> unfortunately some
> people think certificates and signatures mean more than just  
> mathmatical
> formulas.  I'm a bit confused why people think network service  
> providers
> will be willing to "certify" transitive trust relationships about  
> business
> relationships between third-parties.

Given that ISPs even refuse or manipulate their AS objects to hide  
real peering or transit details for business reasons, getting them to  
sign certificates for these relationships might prove even harder...

- kurtis -