[187058] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: de-peering for security sake
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bzs@theworld.com)
Sun Jan 17 15:45:58 2016
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Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 15:44:34 -0500
From: bzs@theworld.com
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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When all you have is a hammer the whole world looks like a nail.
That's what "de-peering for security sake" sounds like to me.
Sure, you have your hands on BGP etc, so what router commands (hammer)
can effect international policy (nail)?
This is fundamentally a social and political issue and needs to be
dealt with on that level, not with changes in router configs.
We need an effective forum with effective participation perhaps
eventually leading to signed contractual obligations agreed to by all
parties.
Perhaps way at the end of that process router commands can be used to
enforce agreed contracts and respond to adjudicated breeches, if and
when necessary.
Otherwise it's just rule by an angry mob. The internet has gotten way
too big and critical for that sort of approach.
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-Barry Shein
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