ASPA: making Internet routing more secure
Internet traffic relies on the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to find its way between networks. However, this traffic can sometimes be misdirected due to configuration errors or malicious actions. When traffic is routed through networks it was not intended to pass through, it is known as a route leak. We have written on our blog multiple times about BGP route leaks and the impact they have on Internet routing, and a few times we have even alluded to a future of path verification in BGP.