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Re: BGP over TLS (was: Re: "Using Cloud Resources to Dramatically Improve Internet Routing")


From: "Radu-Adrian Feurdean" <nanog () radu-adrian feurdean net>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 17:42:09 +0200

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019, at 17:30, Keith Medcalf wrote:

Why do you need to do anything?  TLS is Transport Layer Security and 
it's sole purpose is to protect communications from eavesdropping or 
modification by wiretappers on/in the line between points A and B.  MD5 
in BGP is used for authentication (rudimentary, but authentication 
nonetheless).

TLS can also be used for authentication (in several ways), even if it's not the most appropriate for this situation.


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