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routing leak

routing leak noun: the situation where the internal routing table of a network provider is broadcast externally to peered networks via Border Gateway Protocol (usually caused by an error in a boundary router), resulting in incorrectly routed internet traffic for external networks which accept the new routing instruction into their own routing tables.

Noun

routing leak (plural routing leaks)

  1. (Internet) The situation where the internal routing table of a network provider is broadcast externally to peered networks via Border Gateway Protocol (usually caused by an error in a boundary router), resulting in incorrectly routed internet traffic for external networks which accept the new routing instruction into their own routing tables.

Forms of routing leak

pluralrouting leaks

Questions about routing leak

What does routing leak mean?
Routing leak means the situation where the internal routing table of a network provider is broadcast externally to peered networks via Border Gateway Protocol (usually caused by an error in a boundary router), resulting in incorrectly routed internet traffic for external networks which accept the new routing instruction into their own routing tables.
What part of speech is routing leak?
Routing leak is a noun.
What is the plural of routing leak?
The plural of routing leak is routing leaks.

Words near routing leak in the dictionary

  1. routineness
  2. routiner
  3. routiners
  4. routines
  5. routing
  6. routing leak
  7. routing leaks
  8. routing number
  9. routing numbers
  10. routing slip
  11. routing slips

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