> Yes it can. BGP works simply- you broadcast to youyr neighbors the length > of the route from you to all the nets you can touch. If you broadcast you > can reach everything in 1 hop, your neighbors will route all traffic to you > in their next update. THen that will get propoagted out a level. And so > on. Eventually it'll get caught, but it can take out a good portion of the > net before its found.
Malicious BGP seems to have the characteristics of a forest fire. The problem starts in one place and spreads in all directions like a forest fire. Also, like a forest fire it will do lots of damage but people put the fires out eventually. A fire might take out a chunk of San Diego but never more than that. Chris -- KPLUG-List@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
