RT> Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 23:11:28 -0500 (CDT) RT> From: Rob Thomas RT> We manage well over 150 peering sessions with MD5 passwords RT> in place. This includes bogon peering, route-server peering, CYMRU bogon (et al.) route servers are an example of where MD5 or IPSec definitely is a good idea. However, most peer/peer and carrier/downstream BGP sessions aren't multihop spanning a network or three. Of course, if ingress SAV were universal... Eddy -- EverQuick Internet - http://www.everquick.net/ A division of Brotsman & Dreger, Inc. - http://www.brotsman.com/ Bandwidth, consulting, e-commerce, hosting, and network building Phone: +1 785 865 5885 Lawrence and [inter]national Phone: +1 316 794 8922 Wichita _________________________________________________________________ DO NOT send mail to the following addresses : blacklist@brics.com -or- alfra@intc.net -or- curbjmp@intc.net Sending mail to spambait addresses is a great way to get blocked.