Lurking at the core of all modern internet traffic is a protocol that few properly understand and even fewer know how to actually secure. Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the core routing protocol ...

Alexander Slagg is a freelance writer specializing in technology and education. He is an ongoing contributor to the CDW family of magazines. While BGP’s importance may be obscured among the numerous ...

The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) forms the backbone of Internet routing by facilitating the exchange of network reachability information among Autonomous Systems (AS). As such, BGP is critical for ...

With new authority to regulate broadband internet access service (BIAS) providers following reclassification of BIAS as a Title II service under the Communications Act, the Federal Communications ...

Despite White House encouragement to implement RPKI, the protocol is not yet stable or secure enough, according to a team of German researchers. Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) is not yet ...

The Internet wasn’t built with security in mind; it was built with communication in mind. In the same way Tina Turner wailed that love is nothing but “a secondhand emotion,” security is an Internet ...

Cisco has patched a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability that lets attackers crash the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) process on IOS XR routers with a single BGP update message. IOS XR runs on the ...

This spring, services from heavy hitters like Google and Facebook seemed glitchy or inaccessible for people worldwide for more than an hour. But it wasn't a hack, or even a glitch at any one ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Federal Communications Commission is taking another step into the world of cybersecurity, teeing up a rule aimed at bolstering the ...

The FCC will vote next month on whether to adopt the proposal, which would require the nine largest broadband providers to submit their plans confidentially to the agency and file public quarterly ...