
Make This One Change to Prevent Routing Loops in Your Network
Maynard Koch
Based in Dresden, Germany
I am a PhD student and research associate at the Chair of Distributed and Networked Systems at TU Dresden, supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Wählisch. Before joining TU Dresden, I graduated with a BSc and MSc in Computer Science from Freie Universität Berlin. My research focuses on Internet measurements to … More
• 5 min read
Routing loops can trap packets between routers, preventing them from reaching their destination. In some cases, routers even duplicate looping packets, amplifying traffic and threatening Internet stability. We look at how this happens and how operators can prevent it.








