Understanding BGP misconfiguration

Computer Communication Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 3-16

  Mahajan, Ratul ^a   Wetherall, David ^a   Anderson, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Human Factors; Management; Reliability

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATION ERRORS; HUMAN FACTORS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; MANAGEMENT; RELIABILITY; ROUTERS; USER INTERFACES;

INTERNET;

EID: 14344266667     PISSN: 01464833     EISSN: 01464833     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/964725.633027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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