Enforcing the First AS in BGP AS_PATHs

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Enforcing the First AS in BGP AS_PATHs
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BGP is vulnerable to routing hijacks and path leaks that negatively impact traffic on the Internet. RPKI helps solve some of these problems, but for some forged paths, we need to rely on a simpler mechanism: First AS enforcement in BGP.

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