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The primary business of an ISP is to deliver packets reliably across and throughout its network. Sure, they have a bunch of great products and services such as "Secure IP VPN" and "Real-time Streaming" and all sorts of other jazzy marketing names . However, the fundamental technology under all of the hype is IP routing.
ISPs typically offer supplementary services such as backup MX hosting, recursive or authoritative DNS, and managed services such as dedicated access, VPNs, and firewalls. Many of these services consist of equipment provided and managed completely by the ISP and this puts your security in the hands of the ISP. The following list summarizes components that impact the security of the routing infrastructure, the services carried on that infrastructure, and your security.
Routing infrastructure
Filtering of route advertisements from peers and customers
Use of a routing registry
Network monitoring, security, and service-level agreements
ISP monitoring of
Attacks on backbone
Attacks on customers
Attack mitigation
Customer-triggered black hole routing
Interprovider communication
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