The Web of Trust isn't better, it's just better than nothing [LWN.net]

The Web of Trust isn't better, it's just better than nothing

Posted Feb 22, 2010 19:30 UTC (Mon) by paulj (subscriber, #341)
In reply to: The Web of Trust isn't better, it's just better than nothing by nix
Parent article: Trust, but verify

Attacks on BGP at a session level (e.g. breaking MD5 to sneak in bogus
packets) are not really the main worry when BGP systemically assumes that
speakers are trusted. There are various ways you can subvert routing,
including some quite ingenious, stealthy re-routing techniques described in
the last few years at blackhat conferences.

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