24 Nov
2005
24 Nov
'05
2:26 p.m.
* Steven M. Bellovin:
Furthermore, given that a trust algebra may yield a trust value, rather than a simple 0/1, is it reasonable to use that assessment as a BGP preference selector? That would tie the security very deeply -- too deeply? -- into BGP's guts.
Wouldn't this provide significant economic incentive towards gaining a high value on this metric? I'm not sure if this a good idea because even if you call it a "trust metric", it does not have to correspond to ethical behavior.