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Authorities . This represents an elaborate infrastructure and one that is centralised . This is , by definition , less robust than the kind of decentralised system that could be developed using blockchain technology . Not only is a decentralised system more robust , but it ’ s also more secure and dynamic .
This would mean that packets would replace PKI certificates with newly formed segments of the blockchain . This flexibility would not only secure data moving across the internet , but it could be used to dynamically change internet routing or audit traffic across the internet .
By its nature , especially when constructed in a consensus model , blockchain is more secure against malicious activity , so trying to disrupt or maliciously manipulate a blockchainmanaged routing infrastructure is exponentially more difficult .
That ’ s because fundamental to the consensus model is that nothing is “ true ” until the community provides consensus on that “ truth ” via cryptographic algorithms crunched by computers in the community . It makes it virtually impossible for cyber criminals to process elements of the chain faster than the positive consensus community can come up with the same answer .
It also makes it possible to safely manage the Internet and take rapid action in a secure manner , even under intense attack . Through blockchain , changes can be implemented at virtually any level of the routing network to address a threat .
The recent Dyn DDoS attack is a perfect example . Through dynamic routing using BGP , operators could send a flurry of instructions to reroute the botnet traffic away from the target servers and into a virtual internet black hole .
Part of what ’ s so exciting about this concept is that it creates a highly autonomous , rapid response environment that would be able to mitigate a DDoS attack quickly and far downstream , closer to source – where traffic volumes are smaller and more manageable . Long before it gets to the main backbone infrastructure of the internet in volumes impossible to manage .
Blockchain is critical to this , because it provides the assurance to the switches and routers across the internet that those requests to reroute traffic can be trusted .
So while there ’ s almost nothing we can do to change the overly trusting nature of my microwave , we can prevent bad actors from taking advantage of that trust by turning a digital currency into digital trust . www . intelligentcio . com INTELLIGENTCIO
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