>> I don't see how this is true. For instance:
>>
>>    +--3--+
>> 1--2     5
>>    +--4--+
>>
>> Where 1 is originating a route towards 2, and 2 towards 3 and 4. If
>> the link between 2 and 3 fails, or 2 changes its policy, it must
>> wait the duration of 1's timer before being assured 3 cannot
>> continue to advertise the route. From 2's perspective, it has no
>> ability to control the speed at which it can effectively implement
>> policy or prevent replay attacks.
>>
>> This is unacceptable. The timer must be per hop.
> 
> How short would the timers have to be to cope with link failures ?

My argument isn't over the length of the timer, just that the timer
needs to exist per hop, not just for the originator.

> If 2 changes which IPs it has allocated to customers, then the RPKI
> implements that by creating new and revoking old EE(s).

So you would argue that each time you change connections, you should
issue a new EE? Then why have the timer at all?

> Or, of course, everybody could do it the old fashioned way, and filter
> out routes with AS 3 in the path :-)

Then what's the point of the signatures in the first place?

Russ

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