Security Risk-Border Gateway Protocol

In the networking world, imagine a situation where attackers plug their cable into your network, establish a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) session, and sniff all the data going into the wire. This is not limited to sniffing your information, but you can cause a lot of trouble for others.

For example:

  • YouTube blockage by PTA:
    • Scenario: Pakistan telecom was connected to the global internet via PCCW telecom
    • Problem: PCCW did not validate a prefix advertised by Pakistan telecom and there was no built-in mechanism in the BGP protocol to authenticate information
    • Impact: DoS to customers, traffic redirection, prefix hijacking, and AS hijacking
  • On 24 February 2008, Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA) began to ...

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