Juniper Networks, which provides Internet Protocol networking products and services, mainly emphasizing telecom routing solutions, is another favorite short of DelVecchio.

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Some weaknesses, already well-known to hackers, foreign governments and, most likely, jihadists, have been exposed in two areas: the Domain Name System that VeriSign oversees and the Border Gateway Protocol, which governs how Internet service providers and large networks exchange routing information.

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While resilient, the Internet suffers from a glaring vulnerability: the impact of spurious Border Gate Protocol (BGP) routing.

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