Re: [rrg] RRG to hibernation

Danny McPherson <danny@tcb.net> Sat, 10 November 2012 16:23 UTC

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On Nov 9, 2012, at 10:29 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:

> 
> We still have the same old kludgy BGP global routing system we always had,
> and _nothing_ has been proposed to improve/replace it.

No, but I suspect if we bolt on BGPSEC extensions and things like "periodic updates" and per router signing & validation of updates, we're going to need to work on a replacement in short order.

Some of the smart folks here applying their perspective would certainly be of value, methinks.

-danny