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Re: deploying RPKI based Origin Validation


From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2018 06:54:35 +0200



On 13/Jul/18 18:37, Job Snijders wrote:

That is exactly what I mean. Because of the golden rule "most-specific
always wins" (and parts of the AS_PATH are pretty easy to spoof) it
only makes sense to me to completely reject invalid routes.

Exactly my preference, and exactly what we did for 2 years. But in
practice, customers don't really like this, nor does your CFO.

We need mass deployment for this to work effectively, and also a bit
more education for those that sign aggregates but not the more-specifics.

Mark.


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