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> Surely OpenNet/ClassNet/NIPRNet/SIPRNet/GWAN/JWICS aren't accepting BGP updates, where they even touch public network infrastructure.

If i understand, the article is not so much a typical bgp hijack but the attacker gaining control of their account that controls routing. Seems like private networks would be just as vulnerable to that.

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In the case of the article / Orange, possibly.

Though I'd hope that Orange doesn't provide network management services for the Spanish military! Some things are better kept in-house.

Less familiar with how European sensitive networks are architected.

> Less familiar with how European sensitive networks are architected.

Some governments have physical tunnel networks to move people who matter around. Computer networks follow pretty much without a loss of generality.

Indeed, RedIris in Spain, since late 80's or maybe early 90's, can't remember.

As they stated, European gov networks (plus military and universities OFC) had and still have their private backbone. In Spain, RedIris was for scientific research, universities and such. IDK about the rest, but for sure they'd have a similar approach.

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