> Also, while (IMHO) the much higher level of private interconnects / peering > links in use today vs. 1997 makes willful route hijacking more difficult, > building better security directly into the protocol is certainly in order. A > good parallel is the SS7 network that runs "routing" for traditional voice > signaling: it's "secured" by using a completely separate, out of band TDM > network (DS1s and DS0s) but its also an "in the clear" protocol and could be > subject to willful vandalism.
Diff with SS7, we can't send a VoIP msg with every packet saying "Your packet can not be delivered as routed, please restart your computer and try again", ohh yes we can ICMP :-) Cheers Jorge
