Organizations are not protecting their BGP session. Take the time to ask the question …. Do we have our BGP ports protected? Are you: If not, work with your peers to deploy an Infrastructure ACL (iACL) to cover all your network devices, deploy specific data plane ACLs on your routers/switches to protect them, work with
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BGP Security Workshop – Safeguarding the Internet’s Glue
BGP and DNS are the two critical protocols that glue the entire global network (the Internet). Without them, the Internet falls apart. The security, resiliency, and integrity Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) holds up the routing of packets end-to-end across the Internet. Threats to BGP systems are life-threatening, disrupting critical infrastructure people depend on for their
What Stops a Nation-State BGP Hijack?
Can Nation-State BGP Hijack Parts of the Internet? Yes, a Nation-State BGP Hijack is a threat on the Internet. Nation-States can orchestrate the manipulation of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) via “hacked routers all over the world. These routers would then be used to inject bad, misconfigured, or non-authorized routes all over the world. The result Read More
Master Class in Internet Networking …. Free
Nick Feamster Provides Operators, Engineers, and Students with the Tools to Understand How the Internet is Glued Together Who is Nick Feamster? Dr. Nick Feamster is known in the Internet Operations community as one of our primary source of great talent, research that pushes the Industry forward, a deep-dive investigation into security issues on the Read More
If I say it over an over again, it must be true …
“Keeping to your message, repeat it many times, and ignore the criticism” are key principles of success in Washington DC policy work. If you say something over and over again, it must be true. It does not matter if the message is true, based on facts, or have any empirical data to support your assertion. Read More