http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/routing%20protocol used for category lists, takes arguments en http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/border_gateway_protocol_a_gaping_security_hole_internet <!--paging_filter--><p>&nbsp;</p> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="/files/u46168/intro_bgp.gif" width="415" height="318" /></div> <p>Two researchers, Alex Pilosov and Anton Kapela, have concocted a technique to exploit the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) – internet’s core routing protocol. They demonstrated their technique at the DefCon hacker conference in Las Vegas. The <a href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/revealed-the-in.html">threat emanates from the innate credulity of the routing protocol</a>: the BGP apparently is designed to trust all nodes and can be exploited to redirect insane volumes of internet traffic to malevolent networks.</p> <p>It can be used for spying at a truly unprecedented scale. No, we are not talking about stalking someone on Facebook but nation-state espionage. Millions of users can be exposed within moments of such an attack. A few solutions have already been propounded, but ISPs seem to be watching quietly from the sidelines.</p> <p><em>Image Credit: Tech Target </em></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/border_gateway_protocol_a_gaping_security_hole_internet#comments News Attack BGP defcon hackers Internet risk routing protocol Security Software threat Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:45:22 -0500 Pulkit Chandna 3387 at http://www.maximumpc.com