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Re: BGP over TLS (was: Re: "Using Cloud Resources to Dramatically Improve Internet Routing")
- Subject: Re: BGP over TLS (was: Re: "Using Cloud Resources to Dramatically Improve Internet Routing")
- From: nanog at radu-adrian.feurdean.net (Radu-Adrian Feurdean)
- Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 17:42:09 +0200
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
On Mon, Oct 21, 2019, at 17:30, Keith Medcalf wrote:
> Why do you need to do anything? TLS is Transport Layer Security and
> it's sole purpose is to protect communications from eavesdropping or
> modification by wiretappers on/in the line between points A and B. MD5
> in BGP is used for authentication (rudimentary, but authentication
> nonetheless).
TLS can also be used for authentication (in several ways), even if it's not the most appropriate for this situation.