Re: "Using Cloud Resources to Dramatically Improve Internet Routing"

[Julien Goodwin <nanog () studio442 com au>]

On 20/10/19 11:08 pm, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> Hank Nussbacher <hank () efes iucc ac il> writes:
> > On 07/10/2019 17:42, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote:
> > > On Fri, Oct 04, 2019 at 03:52:26PM -0400,
> > >   Phil Pishioneri <pgp+nanog () psu edu> wrote
> > >   a message of 9 lines which said:
> > >
> > > > Using Cloud Resources to Dramatically Improve Internet Routing
> > > > UMass Amherst researchers to use cloud-based ‘logically centralized
> > > > control’
> > > Executive summary: it's SDN for BGP. Centralizing Internet routing,
> > > what could go wrong? (As the authors say, "One reason is there is no
> > > single entity that has a big picture of what is going on, no
> > > manager". I wonder who will be Internet's manager.)
> > Centralized Internet routing - sounds like DoH for BGP.
>
> Great idea!  Why don't we just run BGP over HTTPS?  Everyone already has
> a browser, so we can get rid of all these expensive routers.

IMO BGP over TLS actually makes a bunch of sense, and can be done using
TLS-PSK to avoid certificates for those who want that.

I wrote a rough idea of what it would need:
https://laptop006.livejournal.com/60532.html