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Re: ROVER routing security - its not enumeration


From: Shane Amante <shane () castlepoint net>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 13:26:32 -0600

One correction below.

On Jun 5, 2012, at 12:42 PM, Daniel Massey wrote:
[--snip--]
I think the first step is to step back and ask whether every operational model needs 
enumeration.   For example,   the talk yesterday by Level3 used the DNS and IRR 
did not need such an enumeration.

To clarify the above, the IRR _does_ provide an enumerated list of "Candidate" (IP prefix + Origin_AS) pairs.  The 
second step is to walk through those "Candidate" pairs and ask DNSSEC, in question/answer process, to validate that the 
"Candidate" IRR (IP prefix, Origin_AS) pairs are authentic, or not.  So, considering each step independently: the 
former (IRR data) is enumeration, the second is not.  However, in the context of this specific operational model, the 
end result is an enumerated list of validated (IP Prefix, Origin_AS) pairs.

-shane

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