DOD, DOJ Urge FCC Push on Border Gateway Protocol Security
The U.S. needs to move beyond the status quo on border gateway protocol (BGP), DOD and DOJ said, responding to a February FCC notice of inquiry (see 2202250062). “As the record in this proceeding shows, BGP was not designed to…
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include security measures, creating vulnerabilities in U.S. telecommunications systems,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 22-90: “Establishing an industry-wide baseline of BGP security measures would go a long way towards protecting the transmission of U.S.-person data and communications in a constantly changing threat environment. The status quo has not achieved -- and cannot achieve -- that objective.” DOD and DOJ said they “strongly encourage the FCC to consider the full range of technical, policy, and regulatory solutions, including technical standards and transparency measures, and implement an industry-wide approach to reducing the risks associated with these vulnerabilities in a measured yet expeditious way.”