Re: [apnic-talk] NICs and Egress filtering?
Geoff and all,
Geoff Huston wrote:
> > > But surely this would also require that the routing system itself has some
> > > level of trustable integrity. The issue in my mind is: how is the integrity
> > > of the routing system managed?
> > >
>
> [...]
>
> >If an ISP is in fact trusted with updating the routing system I guess we
> >have to believe they are doing it correctly. Who else would know (or
> >care) except the parties directly involved. Then again as it is such a
> >fundamental component of the Internet problems do get fixed relatively
> >quickly.
>
> And this is the bit that worries me a lot - ISPs come in all shapes and
> sizes - what is an ISP from one perspective is a customer from another.
> There is no 'top down' enforcement model that I am aware of that creates
> integrity in the area of route advertisements. This implies that the
> level of trust that one can ascribe to ISPs is inadequate in terms
> of ensuring that routes are 'valid' and 'correct' at all times.
Well if you expect a "Top Down" approach to be useful, than you
need a vacation Geoff! >;) If this isn't a bottom-up approach
than ensuring the routes are valid will never happen.
>
>
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