Abstract
Software errors and vulnerabilities in core Internet routers have led to several high-profile attacks on the Internet infrastructure and numerous outages. Building an understanding of bugs in open-source router software is a first step towards addressing these problems. In this paper, we study router bugs found in two widely-used open-source router implementations. We evaluate the root cause of bugs, ease of diagnosis and detectability, ease of prevention and avoidance, and their effect on network behavior.
Original language | English (US) |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 34-40 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Computer Communication Review |
Volume | 40 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 22 2010 |
Keywords
- Internet routing
- Protocols
- Router software
- Software errors
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Computer Networks and Communications