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Re: BGP to doom us all

  • From: Sean Donelan
  • Date: Fri Feb 28 19:26:53 2003 
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Jim Deleskie wrote:
> http://news.com.com/2100-1009-990608.html?tag=fd_lede1_hed
>
> Seems the BGP will be the down fall of the internet, the sky is falling the
> sky is falling

Other than pending patents and a cool name Secure BGP, you still have
the fundamental problem.  Garbage In, Garbage Out.  The only difference
is now you have Secure Garbage(tm).

There is a problem that needs to be solved.  But like the whole
micro-payments, SET, etc thing; if the solution is more complicated and
more expensive than the alternatives; it won't get used no matter how
"secure" it is.