Re: [sidr] [Idr] AS_SET depreciation (RFC6472) and BGP multipath

[Christopher Morrow <[e-mail]>]

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Paul Jakma <[e-mail]> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Mar 2012, Jakob Heitz wrote:
>
>> The issue is SIDR can not aggregate multiple paths.
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>> Should SIDR work on path aggregation?
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>
> If we ever want to make routing state scale sub-linearly (i.e. make IDR
> "compact") in the size of the internet, then we're almost certainly going to
> need some form of conglomeration of routing information in some shape or
> form. Still having support for aggregation in BGP could then be useful.

or we could have fixed the problem with locator/id separation... oh well.

>
> It'd be a shame if we ended up having to choose between scalable and secure
> routing.

it's hardly a choice of one or the other, framing the question in this
manner is a 'suckers choice'.

<http://sourcesofinsight.com/refuse-the-suckers-choice-4/>

It's certianly possible that at some point when aggregation between
AS's becomes used properly and effectively... someone will figure out
the security properties if this configuration.

> (OTOH scalable routing is potentially so far off in the future, and might be
> so different, that it's hard to say what level of extra engineering or
> overhead, if any would be justified for SIDR).

it seems that to date, folk can't seem to figure out the aggregation
bits, maybe that will change in the future.

-chris