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Re:Large BGP Communities beacon in the wild by zakki on Sunday October 16, 2016 @09:06AM (#12718430)
It is the protocol that make internet just works. When you access a website, the website name is translated to an IP Address. And then your browser will send your request to that IP Address. How do you find that website IP Address?BGP helps you to find the correct path to that Address.
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Re:Large BGP Communities beacon in the wild by swiley on Sunday October 16, 2016 @09:10AM (#12718447)
That's DNS. BGP is what helps the packets find the path across networks owned by different organizations to get to that address.
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Re:Large BGP Communities beacon in the wild by zakki on Sunday October 16, 2016 @09:15AM (#12718455)
>>And then your browser will send your request to that IP Address. How do you find that website IP Address?BGP helps you to find the correct path to that Address.<<
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