Could a system like this not be abused? If you wanted to get your competitor out of business, all you'd have to do is arrange for them to get blacklisted in this manner (I'm assuming it would be possible to achieve, as these things invariable are).
Yes, you just announce a bad BGP route with their AS. The blacklist idea assumes that BGP route announcements are attributable, which in many cases they are not.
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Could a system like this not be abused? If you wanted to get your competitor out of business, all you'd have to do is arrange for them to get blacklisted in this manner (I'm assuming it would be possible to achieve, as these things invariable are).
Yes, you just announce a bad BGP route with their AS. The blacklist idea assumes that BGP route announcements are attributable, which in many cases they are not.