BGP Routing Incident Shows Why the Shortest Path Isn’t Always the Chosen Path

Have you ever wondered why the shortest AS_PATH isn’t always the chosen path?

So did we! In the latest episode of the Internet Report, we spoke about the BGP event, as a result of which a significant number of prefixes got rerouted through several Russian ISPs. Interestingly, only a few enterprises noticed it even though we know some of the largest companies out there were affected, and there was no media exposure about the event, even though the event went on for a considerable amount of time. Do you want to know what the root cause was? Go ahead and watch the latest episode of the report. Enjoy!