[151006] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BGP MD5 at IXP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Fri Mar 9 17:29:07 2012
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAK6zc0nbsgT_De9A9egQR_WaHkapaDy6J0OJRwvJ_K=Ebgr_JA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 17:27:44 -0500
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Mar 9, 2012, at 17:24 , Jay Hanke wrote:
> How critical is BGP MD5 at Internet Exchange Points? Would lack of
> support for MD5 authentication on route servers prevent some peers
> from multilaterally connecting? Do most exchange operators support it?
<http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2012-January/thread.html>
Search for MD5.
Most IXP route servers support it, few require it. So even if you do it =
on your side, doesn't mean someone else did it on their side.
I've never seen anyone refuse to connect to an IXP route server that did =
not, but that doesn't mean it hasn't happened.
--=20
TTFN,
patrick
