Can an operator discard no RPKI / RPKI INVALID *from the DFZ* today, or at
any time in the foreseeable future? No. Probably not ever.

That does not mean there are other perfectly reasonable RPKI use cases
where an AS 0 ROA does accomplish exactly that with which it was designed.


On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 1:24 PM William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 10:06 AM Tom Beecher <beec...@beecher.cc> wrote:
> >> And is it your belief that this addresses the described attack vector?
> >> AFAICT, it does not.
> >
> >  In the mixed RPKI / non-RPKI environment of today's internet, no it
> doesn't.
>
> I don't see a path to an Internet where a serious network operator can
> broadly discard routes for which there is no RPKI information.
> Especially given that many legacy folks are barred by the registry
> from participating in RPKI.
>
> Do you see a path?
>
> Then we have to treat this as a case where RPKI is non-performant and
> operate with the understanding that an AS0 ROA will not, as a
> practical matter, accomplish the thing it was designed to do.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
>
> --
> William Herrin
> b...@herrin.us
> https://bill.herrin.us/
>

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