"... I don't think that means what he thinks it means..."

Until secure BGP exists

Ok. What the heck does this mean? BGP updates validated w/ MD5 checksums? the BBN S-BGP project? my goofy OOB hack that can be used to validate prefixes something else? If there is a desire to protect the integrity of the routing system, inquiring minds want to know. Respondents may be pestered with more questions esp. wrt. how to do this while keeping the opex impact low. Private replies please, and will summarize to the list. --bill