On Sep 5, 2011, at 5:47 AM, Leo Bicknell wrote: > In a message written on Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 04:16:45PM -0400, Sharon > Goldberg wrote: >> An ISP might deploy S*BGP in order to increase the volume of traffic >> that it transits for its customers. > > I think this phrase summarizes the problem with this argument nicely. > > If, as an ISP, deploying a "secure" routing protocol changes my > traffic positively or negatively something is wrong. Securing the > routing system should not alter the routing system. > > I'm afraid as long as it does this work has an uphill battle. >
One could argue that rejecting routes which you previously had no way to know you should reject will inherently alter the routing system and that this is probably a good thing. Owen
