1) rate-limits aren't going to solve anything.
Um, you *could* try reading the paper.
2) I'm pretty sure most providers aren't going to let customers determine
traffic engineering methods on their networks
See the above. This is not something done by the customers (well they
could, but that's not the main idea).
3) if this is NOT done in a secure manner I bet I can make
www.whitehouse.com disappear...
Could be we thought of that too!
Vern
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 14:50:47 -0700
From: vern@ee.lbl.gov
2) I'm pretty sure most providers aren't going to let
customers determine traffic engineering methods on their
networks
See the above. This is not something done by the customers
(well they could, but that's not the main idea).
I nominate the trust chain model. Sort of like BGP. If I speak
bad BGP, chances are that higher powers will edit filter-lists
and distribute-lists, and I'll have "set community kick-me" on my
back for the next three years. 
Granted, BGP isn't foolproof. We all can recall some rather, uh,
messy BGP screwups that caused widespread problems. But by and
large, it works rather well.
