Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

routing leak

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: rout-ing leak
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Inflected Forms

routing leaks (plural)

Questions

What does routing leak mean?: 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.

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