Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 1, 2011, at 3:58 PM, Martin Millnert wrote: > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Carlos M. Martinez > wrote: >> Although I support Rpki as a technology, there are legitimate concerns that >> it could be abused. I now believe that Rpki needs work in this area at IETF >> level so the concern

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 1, 2011, at 3:53 PM, Karl Auer wrote: > On Tue, 2011-02-01 at 14:51 -0800, Owen DeLong wrote: >> If the RIR is signing the "invalid" ROA, how does one distinguish the >> invalid from the valid? > > In systems where the outputs from a computer system are very, very > critical, a sort of "c

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Dongting Yu wrote: > Since we are already talking about RIRs, I am curious, who will sign > the legacy blocks in RPKI? my recollection is that IANA COULD do that... (presuming a single root of the tree not 5 roots) -chris

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Martin Millnert
Alex, On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Alex Band wrote: > On 1 Feb 2011, at 22:20, Owen DeLong wrote: >> RPKI is a big knob governments might be tempted to turn. > > Of course we looked into this, cause we're running our service from > Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The possibilities for law enforce

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Martin Millnert
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Carlos M. Martinez wrote: > Although I support Rpki as a technology, there are legitimate concerns that > it could be abused. I now believe that Rpki needs work in this area at IETF > level so the concerns are adressed. > > I imagine some form of secret sharing am

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Michael Hallgren
Le mardi 01 février 2011 à 18:01 -0500, Christopher Morrow a écrit : > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Michael Hallgren wrote: > > Le mardi 01 février 2011 à 12:14 -0500, Christopher Morrow a écrit : > > >> countries do not have RIR's, countries have NIR's... regions have RIR's. > > > > In this c

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Karl Auer
On Tue, 2011-02-01 at 14:51 -0800, Owen DeLong wrote: > If the RIR is signing the "invalid" ROA, how does one distinguish the > invalid from the valid? In systems where the outputs from a computer system are very, very critical, a sort of "consensus" takes place (I think they did this in some spac

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Randy Bush
>>> In this context, at least, perhaps the NIR should be considered >>> superfluous or redundant? What is the operational rationale behind the >>> NIR level? Wouldn't a flatter RIR-LIR structure do just fine? >> >> and then, by inference, what is the use of the RIR level? > > A meeting point for

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Michael Hallgren
Le mercredi 02 février 2011 à 07:04 +0900, Randy Bush a écrit : > > In this context, at least, perhaps the NIR should be considered > > superfluous or redundant? What is the operational rationale behind the > > NIR level? Wouldn't a flatter RIR-LIR structure do just fine? > > and then, by inferenc

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Brandon Butterworth
So a possible road to ruin I was thinking of when I mentioned my unease is, to state the obvious, - Some large ISPs do RPKI as it's secure and their government contract says they have to be secure, keep the terrists out, so all directly attached ISP have to do it too kicking off a domino Other la

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 1, 2011, at 3:13 PM, Dongting Yu wrote: > Since we are already talking about RIRs, I am curious, who will sign > the legacy blocks in RPKI? > > Dongting I suspect that if you want RPKI, you'll need to sign an agreement with the RIR. In ARIN region, this would be the LRSA or the RSA. Ow

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Benson Schliesser
On Feb 1, 2011, at 5:13 PM, Dongting Yu wrote: > Since we are already talking about RIRs, I am curious, who will sign > the legacy blocks in RPKI? Since they pre-exist the RIR, it's not clear that any one RIR has authority until asked. (For a discussion of rights, authority, etc, see http://c

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 1, 2011, at 3:01 PM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Michael Hallgren wrote: >> Le mardi 01 février 2011 à 12:14 -0500, Christopher Morrow a écrit : > >>> countries do not have RIR's, countries have NIR's... regions have RIR's. >> >> In this context, at least

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Dongting Yu
Since we are already talking about RIRs, I am curious, who will sign the legacy blocks in RPKI? Dongting

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Michael Hallgren wrote: > Le mardi 01 février 2011 à 12:14 -0500, Christopher Morrow a écrit : >> countries do not have RIR's, countries have NIR's... regions have RIR's. > > In this context, at least, perhaps the NIR should be considered > superfluous or redundant

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 1, 2011, at 1:57 PM, Alex Band wrote: > > On 1 Feb 2011, at 22:20, Owen DeLong wrote: > >> >> On Feb 1, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Martin Millnert wrote: Here be dragons, >>> It should be fairly obvious, by most recen

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 1, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Rubens Kuhl wrote: >> There is not a single RIR that is not physically located in a country. > > >> You can hope they are more stable from a policy point of view, but, the >> reality is that if someone shows up at the front door with tanks and >> mortars, my money is

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Rubens Kuhl
> There is not a single RIR that is not physically located in a country. > You can hope they are more stable from a policy point of view, but, the > reality is that if someone shows up at the front door with tanks and > mortars, my money is not on the RIR. But they might choose a country in that

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
Although I support Rpki as a technology, there are legitimate concerns that it could be abused. I now believe that Rpki needs work in this area at IETF level so the concerns are adressed. I imagine some form of secret sharing among different parties or sme form of key escrow. I am sure that it

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Benson Schliesser
On Feb 1, 2011, at 3:43 PM, Arturo Servin wrote: > Is it really a better alternative? Do we want to pay the cost of a > fully distributed RPKI architecture? > > Or do we just abandon the idea of protecting the routing infrastructure? > > There is no free-lunch, we just need t

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Randy Bush
> In this context, at least, perhaps the NIR should be considered > superfluous or redundant? What is the operational rationale behind the > NIR level? Wouldn't a flatter RIR-LIR structure do just fine? and then, by inference, what is the use of the RIR level? randy

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Michael Hallgren
Le mardi 01 février 2011 à 16:54 -0500, Martin Millnert a écrit : > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Michael Hallgren wrote: > > But RIR is (at least supposed to be) regional, so > > (hopefully) more stable from a policy point of view (since the number of > > national "stake holders" need to agree

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Alex Band
On 1 Feb 2011, at 22:20, Owen DeLong wrote: > > On Feb 1, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > >> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Martin Millnert wrote: >>> Here be dragons, >> >>> It should be fairly obvious, by most recently what's going on in >>> Egypt, why allowing a government

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Martin Millnert
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Michael Hallgren wrote: > But RIR is (at least supposed to be) regional, so > (hopefully) more stable from a policy point of view (since the number of > national "stake holders" need to agree on a common policy). In theory, > at least... For Europe and RIPE, the EU

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 1, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Michael Hallgren wrote: > Le mardi 01 février 2011 à 13:20 -0800, Owen DeLong a écrit : >> On Feb 1, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Martin Millnert wrote: Here be dragons, >>> It should be fairly obvious

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Arturo Servin
Is it really a better alternative? Do we want to pay the cost of a fully distributed RPKI architecture? Or do we just abandon the idea of protecting the routing infrastructure? There is no free-lunch, we just need to select the price that we want to pay. -as O

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Michael Hallgren
Le mardi 01 février 2011 à 13:20 -0800, Owen DeLong a écrit : > On Feb 1, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Martin Millnert wrote: > >> Here be dragons, > > > >> It should be fairly obvious, by most recently what's going on in > >> Egypt, why allo

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Michael Hallgren
Le mardi 01 février 2011 à 12:14 -0500, Christopher Morrow a écrit : > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Martin Millnert wrote: > > Here be dragons, > > > It should be fairly obvious, by most recently what's going on in > > Egypt, why allowing a government to control the Internet is a Really > >

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Benson Schliesser
On Feb 1, 2011, at 11:14 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Martin Millnert wrote: >> Here be dragons, > >> It should be fairly obvious, by most recently what's going on in >> Egypt, why allowing a government to control the Internet is a Really >> Bad Idea. >> >

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Owen DeLong
On Feb 1, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote: > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Martin Millnert wrote: >> Here be dragons, > >> It should be fairly obvious, by most recently what's going on in >> Egypt, why allowing a government to control the Internet is a Really >> Bad Idea. >> > >

Re: A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-02-01 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Martin Millnert wrote: > Here be dragons, > It should be fairly obvious, by most recently what's going on in > Egypt, why allowing a government to control the Internet is a Really > Bad Idea. > how is the egypt thing related to rPKI? How is the propsed rPKI work

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Randy Bush
> I think the issue is not between valid vs invalid, but that using > route-maps and local preference a "more specific not valid" route > would be used over another "less specific valid" because of the > routing decision process, right? in a word, no please read draft-pmohapat-sidr-pfx-validate

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Andree Toonk wrote: > .-- My secret spy satellite informs me that at 11-01-31 12:11 PM Christopher > Morrow wrote: >> yes, but what is the way forward? > > Not sure, that was my original question: > Are there any suggestions or recommendations for how to handle th

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Jack Bates
On 1/31/2011 3:45 PM, Randy Bush wrote: i have another half which fears that we have not completely connected the dots between the egyptian net shut off of their nets and the media interests who own the us government shutting off domain names without a court order. I agree, which is why I ha

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Randy Bush
>> others fear rir and black helicopter control of their routing. they >> may not want to drop the 'bad' announcement. i tried to document how >> they might do so. > > I think this is fine. It will fix a few minor problems (the problem > network will have to be the same length or shorter to be i

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Jack Bates
On 1/31/2011 3:06 PM, Randy Bush wrote: some folk will want to drop that, i encourage them to, and have done my best to see that they have the capability to do so. i am in that camp. I definitely recommend it as BCP. others fear rir and black helicopter control of their routing. they may

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Randy Bush
>> Now AS17557 start to announce a more specific: 208.65.153.0/24. >> Validators would classify this as Invalid (2). > Would it be classified as invalid or unknown? invalid > Or are both possible no. the result is a single value > depending on whether 208.65.153.0/24 is signed? roas, which a

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Randy Bush
> Jack already sort of explained what I meant, but here's an example > > Assume that youtube's prefix had a roa like this > Origin ASN: AS36561 > Prefixes: 208.65.152.0/22 > > Now AS17557 start to announce a more specific: 208.65.153.0/24. > Validators would classify this as Invalid (2

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Andree Toonk
.-- My secret spy satellite informs me that at 11-01-31 12:11 PM Christopher Morrow wrote: I understand this is by design, but I can imagine some operators will be reluctant to actually drop routes when they start testing RPKI deployments in their networks. yes, but what is the way forward?

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Randy Bush
>> well, i am not sure you want to discard it. this is where the op has to >> make a decision. in a world of partial deployment and ops and customers >> still learning how to deal with this stuff, should it be discarded? > > I agree and definitely understand the turnup viewpoint. However, RPKI i

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Jared Mauch
On Jan 31, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Christopher Morrow wrote: >> I understand this is by design, but I can imagine some operators will be >> reluctant to actually drop routes when they start testing RPKI deployments >> in their networks. > > yes, but what is the way forward? RPKI in my IPv6? :) Someo

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Andree Toonk wrote: > Hi Randy, > > .-- My secret spy satellite informs me that at 11-01-30 11:18 PM  Randy Bush > wrote: > >> so i am not sure what your point is.  please clarify with a concrete >> example. > > Adjusting a route's degree of preference in the selec

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Arturo Servin
I think the issue is not between valid vs invalid, but that using route-maps and local preference a "more specific not valid" route would be used over another "less specific valid" because of the routing decision process, right? Perhaps this would help? http://www.ietf.org/mai

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Alex Band
On 31 Jan 2011, at 19:40, Dongting Yu wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Andree Toonk wrote: >> >> Now AS17557 start to announce a more specific: 208.65.153.0/24. Validators >> would classify this as Invalid (2). > > Would it be classified as invalid or unknown? Or are both possible > d

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Jack Bates
On 1/31/2011 12:40 PM, Dongting Yu wrote: Would it be classified as invalid or unknown? Or are both possible depending on whether 208.65.153.0/24 is signed? Do these two cases differ in this particular case? Based on the draft it is invalid, as the shorter covering prefix is signed, so the l

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Dongting Yu
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 6:17 PM, Andree Toonk wrote: > > Now AS17557 start to announce a more specific: 208.65.153.0/24. Validators > would classify this as Invalid (2). Would it be classified as invalid or unknown? Or are both possible depending on whether 208.65.153.0/24 is signed? Do these two

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Andree Toonk
Hi Randy, .-- My secret spy satellite informs me that at 11-01-30 11:18 PM Randy Bush wrote: so i am not sure what your point is. please clarify with a concrete example. Adjusting a route's degree of preference in the selection algorithm based on its validation state only works if it's e

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Jack Bates
On 1/31/2011 8:35 AM, Randy Bush wrote: when there is no roa for the arriving prefix, a roa for the covering prefix is used. see draft-pmohapat-sidr-pfx-validate-07.txt. Ahh, very good. I think that was the only concern. Presumably that would invalidate the route and it would be discarded vs de

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 31/01/2011 14:16, Joe Abley wrote: On 2011-01-30, at 12:15, Nick Hilliard wrote: Depends on which IRR you use. The IRRDBs run by RIPE, APNIC and AfriNIC implement hierarchical object ownership, which means that if you're registering their address space, you can only do so if that address spa

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Randy Bush
>> when there is no roa for the arriving prefix, a roa for the covering >> prefix is used. see draft-pmohapat-sidr-pfx-validate-07.txt. > Ahh, very good. I think that was the only concern. Presumably that > would invalidate the route and it would be discarded vs deprefed. well, i am not sure you

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Jack Bates
On 1/31/2011 7:59 AM, Randy Bush wrote: when there is no roa for the arriving prefix, a roa for the covering prefix is used. see draft-pmohapat-sidr-pfx-validate-07.txt. Ahh, very good. I think that was the only concern. Presumably that would invalidate the route and it would be discarded

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Joe Abley
On 2011-01-30, at 12:15, Nick Hilliard wrote: > On 30/01/2011 09:08, Jeff Wheeler wrote: >> This brings me to my point, which is that IRR is very good for >> preventing accidents and automating some common tasks. It should be >> "secure" to a point, but just because a route: object exists does n

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Randy Bush
> when there is no roa for the arriving prefix, a roa for the covering > prefix is used. see draft-pmohapat-sidr-pfx-validate-07.txt. which, btw, is why draft-ietf-sidr-rpki-origin-ops-04.txt warns Before issuing a ROA for a block, an operator MUST ensure that any sub-allocations from that

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Randy Bush
> 666.42.0.0/16 has a roa for as 777 > > you start receiving > > 666.42.0.0/24 and 666.42.1.0/24, both unsigned. Changing preference > isn't enough to stop routing, as it's a more specific route and > automatically wins if it gets into the table. nope when there is no roa for the arriving pre

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Jack Bates
On 1/31/2011 1:18 AM, Randy Bush wrote: Based on this draft the recommended preference order is: 1) Validation ok 2) not found 3) Validation nok Suppose an operator would use local-pref to achieve this. This intention (preferring validated routes) will break, when there's a more specific announ

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-31 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
Hey Martin, I see your point and I believe it is a concern that should be addressed. tks Carlos On 1/31/11 3:59 AM, Martin Millnert wrote: > Carlos, > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo > wrote: >> Hi, >> >> this is the second mention I see of RPKI and Egypt in the sam

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Randy Bush
> Based on this draft the recommended preference order is: > > 1) Validation ok > 2) not found > 3) Validation nok > > Suppose an operator would use local-pref to achieve this. > This intention (preferring validated routes) will break, when there's a > more specific announcement that doesn't val

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Martin Millnert
Carlos, On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo wrote: > Hi, > > this is the second mention I see of RPKI and Egypt in the same > context. I sincerely fail to see the connection between both > situations. > It is quite simple actually. 1. Governments (eventually) want to take

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo
Hi, this is the second mention I see of RPKI and Egypt in the same context. I sincerely fail to see the connection between both situations. Egypt cut their links the old fashioned way: they pulled the plug. I fail to see how such a situation could be made worse by RPKI. It simply has nothing to d

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Andree Toonk
.-- My secret spy satellite informs me that at 11-01-30 1:22 PM Randy Bush wrote: So, what are peoples' routing policies on RPKI going to be? Are people going to drop prefixes with no RPKI record? Or drop prefixes with an incorrect RPKI record? Or drop prefixes with a revoked status? draft-

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Randy Bush
> I would hope the response to the USG pressuring ARIN to diddle the RPKI > db would be disabling of RPKI queries by most BGP speakers. no need. break down, take a break from typing, and actually read draft-ietf-sidr-rpki-origin-ops-04.txt

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread ML
On 1/30/2011 4:53 PM, Brandon Butterworth wrote: I think it is too early in the deployment process to start dropping routes based on RPKI alone. We'll get there at some point, I guess. Do we really *want* to get to that point? I thought that was the point and the goal of securing the routing

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Martin Millnert
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Jack Bates wrote: > Just a simple, if route invalidly signed, drop it. What constitutes a invalidly signed route more exactly? Would a signed route by a signer (ISP) who's status has been revoked by an entity in the RPKI-hierarchy-of-trust above (for whatever rea

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Jack Bates
On 1/30/2011 2:47 PM, Nick Hilliard wrote: I'm concerned that if we're trying to avoid another Youtube affair, the RPKI policy acceptability criteria will have to be so strict that this may have a serious effect on overall reachability via the internet. Not really. Just a simple, if route inv

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Brandon Butterworth
> > I think it is too early in the deployment process to start dropping > > routes based on RPKI alone. We'll get there at some point, I guess. > > Do we really *want* to get to that point? I thought that was the point and the goal of securing the routing infrastructure is laudable. But the voice

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Randy Bush
> So, what are peoples' routing policies on RPKI going to be? Are people > going to drop prefixes with no RPKI record? Or drop prefixes with an > incorrect RPKI record? Or drop prefixes with a revoked status? draft-ietf-sidr-rpki-origin-ops-04.txt randy

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:06:05 -0200, "Carlos M. Martinez" said: > I think it is too early in the deployment process to start dropping > routes based on RPKI alone. We'll get there at some point, I guess. Do we really *want* to get to that point? pgpkwGoDsk8jO.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
I think we just don't know (yet) how people are going to apply RPKI. If I were operating a large network today, I would try to run RPKI in a sort of warning-only mode, i.e. getting some sort of alert if an invalid route was detected. While this wouldn't have prevented YouTube's incident, it would

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 30/01/2011 17:39, Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo wrote: The solution to this problem (theoretical at least) already exist in the form of RPKI. So, what are peoples' routing policies on RPKI going to be? Are people going to drop prefixes with no RPKI record? Or drop prefixes with an incorrect R

A top-down RPKI model a threat to human freedom? (was Re: Level 3's IRR Database)

2011-01-30 Thread Martin Millnert
Here be dragons, On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo wrote: > The solution to this problem (theoretical at least) already exist in > the form of RPKI. Any top-down RPKI model is intrinsically flawed. Deploying an overlay of single-point(s) of failure on top of a well-func

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Jack Bates
On 1/30/2011 11:15 AM, Nick Hilliard wrote: Depends on which IRR you use. The IRRDBs run by RIPE, APNIC and AfriNIC implement hierarchical object ownership, which means that if you're registering their address space, you can only do so if that address space legitimately belongs to you. This

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Carlos Martinez-Cagnazzo
The solution to this problem (theoretical at least) already exist in the form of RPKI. On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 6:23 AM, Andrew Alston wrote: > Hi All, > > I've just noticed that Level 3 is allowing people to register space in its > IRR database that A.) is not assigned to the people registering

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 30/01/2011 09:08, Jeff Wheeler wrote: This brings me to my point, which is that IRR is very good for preventing accidents and automating some common tasks. It should be "secure" to a point, but just because a route: object exists does not mean that mntner: really has authority over that addre

Re: Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Jeff Wheeler
On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Andrew Alston wrote: > I've just noticed that Level 3 is allowing people to register space in its > IRR database that A.) is not assigned to the people registering it and B.) is > not assigned via/to Level 3. This is not unique to Level3 -- it is the industry st

Level 3's IRR Database

2011-01-30 Thread Andrew Alston
Hi All, I've just noticed that Level 3 is allowing people to register space in its IRR database that A.) is not assigned to the people registering it and B.) is not assigned via/to Level 3. So, I have two queries A.) Are only customers of Level 3 allowed to use this database B.) Can someone fr