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Good point, Sean. The problem is the business process and the risk to the process, vs. the cost to fix it. Jim -----Original Message----- From: Sean Donelan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 7:25 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Re: BGP to doom us all 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.
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