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Enforcing the First AS in BGP AS_PATHs

BGP is vulnerable to routing hijacks and path leaks that negatively impact traffic on the Internet. RPKI helps solve some of these problems, but for some forged paths, we need to rely on a simpler mechanism: First AS enforcement in BGP.

BGP zombies and excessive path hunting

A BGP “zombie” is essentially a route that has become stuck in the Default-Free Zone (DFZ) of the Internet, potentially due to a missed or lost prefix withdrawal. We’ll walk through some situations where BGP zombies are more likely to rise from the dead and wreak havoc.

Routing information now on Cloudflare Radar

The Internet is a vast, sprawling collection of networks that connect to each other. The new Cloudflare Radar Routing page monitors routing changes and anomalies and presents statistics about how we see traffic getting routed on the Internet

Why BGP communities are better than AS-path prepends

Routing on the Internet follows a few basic principles. Unfortunately not everything on the Internet is created equal, and prepending can do more harm than good. In this blog post we’ll talk about the problems that prepending aims to solve, and some alternative solutions