Article: DoD, DoJ press FCC for industry-wide BGP security standard

Tue Sep 20 17:39:48 UTC 2022

> Way overdue! In the last 4 weeks, I've had at least 20 diff
> conversations with FSI Network operators re: BGP hijacking, how to
> detect and in the future, mitigate with higher levels of success. Come
> on BGP RPKI/ROA adaption. I found the easiest way is via ISP pressure
> to implement dropping invalid routes.

to remind, ROV is a safety mechanism, not a security mechanism.  it is
proving, as intended, to mitigate mistakes.  which is very cool.  but it
does not mitigate attacks of any sophistication.

randy