"routing leak" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: routing leaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-routing_leak-en-noun-rNPK0lQF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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