Routing Insecurity (Re: BGP in the Washington Post)

[mark.tinka at seacom.mu (Mark Tinka)]

On 1/Jun/15 17:04, Mike Hammett wrote:
> Actually, that's the level of attention given to all kinds of infrastructure just about everywhere. ;-) 

The difference is that there are standardized (global) guidelines for
those infrastructures within their own industry, that lack of compliance
can lead to serious fines, jail time or both.

A network operator unmaliciously screwing up their BGP configuration and
taking one side of a continent out is unlikely to see any punishment
beyond being fired by his employer, or losing his customers if
self-employed.

Mark.