BGP Hijacking and other nuisances

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Honestly where to even begin… All of my research runs on my own ASN and through 2-3 prefixes that I operate. Being my own ISP gives me the flexibility and mobility required to do possibly stupid things without upsetting or interrupting any potential upstream/provider.

Now that we’re on the same page let’s go to the juicy stuff.

The internet runs as a bunch of loosely connected independent networks, each identified by their ASN (Autonomous System Number - catchy right?). While there are many ways to exchange routes between two networks the one used by “The Internet” is BGP (Border Gateway Protocol); It really isn’t that important as ultimately all protocols rely on Trust alone.

Rpki on Daniel 'f0o' Preussker

BGP Hijacking and other nuisances