Re: RTBH Support Across the Industry

On 29/07/2026 12:32, Bryton Herdes via NANOG wrote:

My interest is the same as yours in needing to preserve maxLength protection properties, but I do find value in being able to bypass the maxLength for BLACKHOLE routes specifically. I see it as the simplest solution if implemented with some belts and braces. We can’t prevent people from deliberately doing silly things like a full bypass for all routes, but we can make it difficult to do so, noting if someone tried hard enough they could already do it in some platforms. +1 on this.

If people want to take off their seatbelts they can already do this by completely skipping ROV in their policies, which is what is currently happening with RTBH routes. Kind regards, Martin