FCC approves proposed rule addressing internet routing security

The Federal Communications Commission has unanimously approved a notice of proposed rulemaking to require broadband providers to submit information on their internet routing security practices in response to vulnerabilities in Border Gateway Protocol.

“The Commission’s proposal would require broadband providers to create confidential reports on the steps they have taken, and plan to undertake, to mitigate vulnerabilities in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the technical protocol used to route information across the internet,” the FCC says in a Thursday...