On Feb 24, 2012, at 5:49 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
Solving for route leaks is /the/ "killer app" for BGPSEC.
as would be solving world hunger, war, bad cooking, especially bad cooking.
route leaks, as much as i understand them o are indeed bad ops issues o are not security per se o are a violation of business relationshiops o and 20 years of fighting them have not given us any significant increase in understanding, formal definition, or prevention.
i would love to see progress on the route leak problem. i do not confuddle it with security.
So, it is not OK for traffic to be /intentionally/ diverted through a malevolent AS, but it is OK for traffic to be /unintentionally/ diverted through a (possibly) malevolent AS? Who's to judge the security exposure[1] of the latter is not identical (or, worse) than the former? -shane [1] dropped traffic, traffic analysis, etc.