This discusses neighboring networks, and local scope, so one would assume in 
most cases these are directly connected peers (or not many hops away), I think 
the security section should recommend use of GTSM on such sessions.

Then it can't easily be spoofed outside of the local network.





if (initial_ttl!=255) then (rfc5082_compliant==0)
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From: GROW [[email protected]] on behalf of Randy Bush [[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 9:43 PM
To: Christopher Morrow
Cc: GMO Crops; The IESG
Subject: Re: [GROW] Stephen Farrell's Discuss on 
draft-ietf-grow-blackholing-02: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT)

> doesn't look new to me, no. and 'worse', today someone COULD just (if
> they are in the right place and can do bgp packet creation,etc) just
> tag all of your announcments to your provider(s) with the local
> provider version of this community, blackholing all of your traffic.

note the string of "if"s.  this proposal removes them.  the attacker can
be anywhere, and need forge nothing.  and there's the rub; well-known
and transitive.

randy

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