FCC Proposes New Action to Strengthen Internet Routing Security

Published on June 11, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to advance a proposal to improve the security of America’s communications networks, pointing to past incidents of a Chinese state-run carrier hijacking U.S. internet traffic. The proposed initiative mandates that broadband providers file confidential reports, detailing their plans and steps to address vulnerabilities in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), which is a system that routes internet traffic across the globe. The FCC is now opening a public comment period before finalizing the proposal. “Today we begin a rulemaking to help make our internet routing more secure,” FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement on June 6, explaining that BGP is “central to the global routing system of the internet because it is the protocol that allows independently managed networks to send traffic to one another.”...

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