Mike Shewardwho called it BGP instead of “fuck around and find route?”
Skyglobe@SecureOwl because apparently fundamental internet protocols had to have a 2 or 3 letter acronym:
TCP
IP
UDP
FTP
PPP
ARP
⟨Jo⟩ /ˈɔɪklɪd/@SecureOwl It used to be BGPOS, but Blundering Giant Pile Of Shit was deemed a tad too honest for an RFC, and it was decided to shorten it.
Paul Squires@SecureOwl taken me a good few (confusing) minutes to realise this is much funnier if one pronounces “route” as an American; which is presumably how it’s intended!
@pasquires that’s actually super interesting because I grew up in the U.K. and have been in the states for 12 years now, and it made me realise that when I say route in my thoughts, I say it the American way, and that’s a fairly recent development because I always used to say route the British way. America has altered my brain.
Michèle Sharik@pasquires @SecureOwl TBF, Americans say it both ways. Route 66 is always “root” (as is “Roto Router”), but here where I live, we say “State Route 138”, pronounced rhyming with “out”. It’s sort of regional.
@SecureOwl @pasquires *Roto Rooter with 2 Os 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
4censord@SecureOwl can I put that on a T-shirt?
OliverUv@SecureOwl well in fairness FAFR sounds rude 😉
securityskeptic 
@SecureOwl Would you have preferred that they contineued to call it EGP?
Jeff Moss@SecureOwl Also called "routing by rumor"
Joe Donahue
Volkan Özçelik 🦄@SecureOwl @Cmastication underrated toot :D.
@SecureOwl The guys who devised BGP have been friends of mine for almost 40 years. I know from conversations that they expected it to be replaced with something better in short order, and are appalled that it’s still in use at all.
Jeff Borisch@SecureOwl that sounds Canadian to me
eleanor@SecureOwl who called it privesc instead of “fuck around and find root”
etherknot@SecureOwl it’s much preferred to using YOLO (you-only-link-once) discovery.
@infosec_jcp 🐈🃏 done differentlyOne guess? 😆👉🌉
Joe Uchill@SecureOwl Predates the phrase, but I'll allow it.
Doofus Canadensis@SecureOwl a committee, probably.
snowchyld@SecureOwl Canada joke in there
Ole-Morten 🚀👨🚀🌻📚@SecureOwl
My new RFC will be called FAFR.
My new RFC will be called FAFR.