Cloudflare details 25-minute BGP route leak incident
Cloudflare has shared details about a recent Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) route leak incident that affected IPv6 traffic for 25 minutes. The incident caused significant congestion, packet loss, and the drop of approximately 12 Gbps of traffic, impacting external networks beyond Cloudflare’s direct customers. What is a BGP route leak? The BGP system is essential for routing data across different interconnected networks known as autonomous systems (AS). A BGP route leak occurs when an Autonomous System violates routing policies by incorrectly advertising routes learned from one peer or provider to another peer or provider. ...