Networking nerds: would it be possible to take down the interwebs by publishing millions of routes? I’m asking for a friend
@sanjuanswan @tarvistarvis I thought it was a default configuration issue, not a hardware limit
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@Pinboard@sanjuanswan theoretically it could have been exploited a la NTP monlist command if someone recognized it and desired to do so -
@Pinboard@sanjuanswan I'm not well-versed in BGP at all, would you need to be a large ISP to successfully try and exploit it? - Show replies
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@Pinboard@TarvisTarvis Yes, you're right--it's the default config of the TCAM size. Not sure why I wrote hardware...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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