Re: BGP over TLS (was: Re: "Using Cloud Resources to Dramatically Improve Internet Routing")

Mon Oct 21 15:42:09 UTC 2019

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.