---
title: "Playing battleships over BGP"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/playing-battleships-over-bgp-uf85z5d6r
source_url: https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/bgp-battleships
type: article
source: "Benjojo's Blog"
published: 2025-01-13T07:30:16.561Z
updated: 2025-01-13T07:30:38.427Z
tags: ["security"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Playing battleships over BGP

**[Benjojo's Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/benjojo)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

BGP, the protocol that enables ISP-to-ISP interactions, is fundamental to internet routing despite its security vulnerabilities. The post explores an unconventional use of BGP to play a game of battleships. This experiment involved signaling game moves using BGP communities, demonstrating both the flexibility of BGP and the challenges of maintaining route stability and security. The experiment, though not practical, was a fun demonstration of BGP's capabilities.

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