BGP Blockchain
draft-mcbride-rtgwg-bgp-blockchain-04
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| Authors | Mike McBride , Dirk Trossen , David Guzman , Thomas Martin | ||
| Last updated | 2025-03-26 (Latest revision 2024-09-22) | ||
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Abstract
A variety of mechanisms have been developed and deployed over the years to secure BGP including the more recent RPKI/ROA mechanisms. Is it also possible to use a distributed ledger such as Blockchain to secure BGP? BGP provides decentralized connectivity across the Internet. Blockchain provides decentralized secure transactions in a append-only, tamper-resistant ledger. This document reviews possible opportunities of using Blockchain to secure BGP policies within a domain and across the global Internet. We propose that BGP data could be placed in a blockchain and smart contracts can control how the data is managed. This could create a single source of truth, something for which blockchains are particularly well suited.
Authors
Mike McBride
Dirk Trossen
David Guzman
Thomas Martin
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