[routing-wg] Re: RTBH and RPKI

On Sat, Aug 08, 2026 at 06:15:08PM -0500, Bryton Herdes via routing-wg wrote:

if you're interested in a router feature knob that could selectively ignore maxLength of ROAs while (only) performing RTBH route validation, I can share at least the Juniper and Cisco feature requests I've submitted. Let me know.

Just ignoring maxLength because it is 'inconvenient' sounds pretty unsafe, right? The resources holder probably didn't set that maxLength to be ignored. What other safeguards will accompany such a risky feature? Kind regards, Job