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Cheers matthias -- Matthias Waehlisch . Freie Universitaet Berlin, Inst. fuer Informatik, AG CST . Takustr. 9, D-14195 Berlin, Germany .. mailto:waehli...@ieee.org .. http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/~waehl :. Also: http://inet.cpt.haw-hamburg.de .. http://www.link-lab.net On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, Paul Vixie wrote: > http://tech.slashdot.org/story/12/04/27/2039237/engineers-ponder-easier-fix-to-internet-problem > > > "The problem: Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) enables routers to > > communicate about the best path to other networks, but routers don't > > verify the route 'announcements.' When routing problems erupt, 'it's > > very difficult to tell if this is fat fingering on a router or > > malicious > > <http://www.itworld.com/security/272320/engineers-ponder-easier-fix-dangerous-internet-problem>,' > > said Joe Gersch, chief operating officer for Secure64, a company that > > makes Domain Name System (DNS) server software. In a well-known > > incident, Pakistan Telecom made an error with BGP after Pakistan's > > government ordered in 2008 that ISPs block YouTube, which ended up > > knocking Google's service offline > > <http://slashdot.org/story/08/02/25/1322252/pakistan-youtube-block-breaks-the-world>. > > A solution exists, but it's complex, and deployment has been slow. Now > > experts have found an easier way." > > this seems late, compared to the various commitments made to rpki in > recent years. is anybody taking it seriously? > >