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?
