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

[Stephen Kent <[e-mail]>]

OJay,
> Hi,
>
> Re-visiting an older message in preparation for the upcoming SIDROPS
> virtual interim meeting.
>
> On 23-March-2020, Stephen Kent writes:
>   > I agree that more uniform processing is desirable, but in the routing
>   > system the notion of local policy seems to be ingrained, so ...
>
> When I first saw this, I thought Steve was just making a pithy comment
> about local policy and network operators.
I often strive for pithy, but ...
> But a friend thinks Steve
> had not meant it as a joke at all, so let me take Steve's comment at
> face value and respond:
>
> As a network operator, yes, I expect to have the flexibility of
> configuring my network using local policy.  But in the context of the
> RPKI, we need to reach a point where all RFC-compliant RPs will
> generate identical sets of VRPs when presented with the same input.
> There will be reasons why I may prefer to operate one RP over another,
> but the VRPs that a particular RP generates should never be one of
> them.

Thanks for the clarification. If the operator community can agree on a 
consistent way to deal with inconsistencies in downloaded pub point data 
I think that would be ideal.

I'll post some suggestions and an outline of the decision points, shortly.

Steve