[174201] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Prefix hijacking, how to prevent and fix currently
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Karsten Thomann)
Fri Aug 29 05:36:41 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 11:34:20 +0200
From: Karsten Thomann <karsten_thomann@linfre.de>
To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
In-Reply-To: <m2egvz8x6r.wl%randy@psg.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Am 29.08.2014 11:25, schrieb Randy Bush:
>> Loose mode would drop failing routes, iff there is covering (i.e. less
>> specific is ok) route already in RIB.
> isn't that exactly the hole punching attack?
>
> randy
No, as the the more specific route is signed and is preferred (longest
match routing) against the less specific hijacked route
