Re: [sidr] Injecting idea of "freshness of repository data" into BGP

Danny McPherson <danny@tcb.net> Fri, 30 March 2012 15:27 UTC

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On Mar 29, 2012, at 4:16 AM, Jeffrey Haas wrote:

> Just to be clear, this is not a route freshness mechanism I am
> recommending.  What I am recommending is a signal that a repository has
> newer data that may be needed for validation.
> 
> Given such a mechanism, we may be able to reduce the work upon the
> repository mirroring system (distributed or not) by not having to regularly
> poll for new objects frequently unless the repository indicates there is new
> data present.

And again, why would this not be done in the repository system (RPKI)?  It does NOT belong in the routing system.

-danny