[128614] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Lightly used IP addresses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Fri Aug 13 14:59:15 2010
From: Marshall Eubanks <tme@americafree.tv>
In-Reply-To: <8C26A4FDAE599041A13EB499117D3C281647E30E@ex-mb-1.corp.atlasnetworks.us>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:59:04 -0400
To: Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@atlasnetworks.us>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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?=20
>=20
> 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?
>=20
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.
>=20
> Best Regards,
> Nathan Eisenberg
> Atlas Networks, LLC
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>=20
>=20
>=20
