On Aug 13, 2010, at 2:49 PM, Nathan Eisenberg wrote: >> Is this upstream going to cut that customer off and >> lose the revenue, just to satisfy ARIN's bleating? > > Isn't this a little bit like an SSL daemon? One which refuses to process a > revocation list on the basis of the function of the certificate is useless. > The revocation list only has authority if the agent asks for and processes > it. Would you use this SSL daemon, knowing that it had this bug? >
It seems to me that most people trust certificates even if there is no certificate authority at all, revocations or no. So if "you" means "the market," I would say the answer is yes. Regards Marshall > I would consider a transit provider who subverted an ARIN revocation to be > disreputable, and seek other sources of transit. > > Best Regards, > Nathan Eisenberg > Atlas Networks, LLC > > > >
