Thousands of Big Networks and Websites Around the World Disrupted by a Major BGP Leak

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Yet another unfortunate event has focused attention on Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) internet routing. Due to a huge BGP leak that happened this weekend, thousands of major networks and websites around the world’s connectivity were disrupted. BGP, as described in RFC 1163 and RFC 1267, is the internet protocol that authorizes independently operated networks, known as autonomous systems (AS), to […]

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