Re: [Sidrops] what to do when the CRL is hosed?

Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Fri, 03 April 2020 00:29 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Sidrops] what to do when the CRL is hosed?
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> - no MITM attacks possible that lead to incomplete VRP sets (with the
>   supported retrieval methods, which still includes rsync)

you are asking for transport security.  we chose not to take that path.
if an evil monkey gets in the middle, it should be detectable.  but the
design does not prevent mitm.

randy