Secure internet routing - Is BGP safe yet?
Have you ever wondered how your computer, or any IP enabled device, knows the directions to any given destination?
This fundamental part of the internet is down to a protocol called BGP, and it works just like a SATNAV.
BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) is a routing protocol and its how internet traffic navigates the web to its destinations. Routes are advertised to your SATNAV by your ISP who in turn gets their routes by the people they are connected to, and so on.....