What is BGP, and how might it have helped kick Facebook off the internet?
The Verge
OCTOBER 4, 2021
Many have been quick to say that the incident had to do with BGP, or Border Gateway Protocol, citing sources from inside Facebook , traffic analysis , and the gut instinct that “it’s always DNS or BGP.” At a very basic level, BGP is one of the systems that the internet uses to get your traffic to where it needs to go as quickly as possible.
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