Despite its ubiquity in the global internet, Border Gateway Protocol can be a complicated protocol to understand. BGP can be used as an internal routing protocol, like Open Shortest Path First or ...
No matter what you call it -- prefix hijacking, route hijacking or IP hijacking -- BGP hijacking is when a router improperly advertises itself as having the most efficient route to a victim network.
The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is often called the Internet’s most broken protocol - and for good reason. In this video, we break down how BGP works, why it’s been repeatedly exploited or ...