[102707] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: YouTube IP Hijacking
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alexander Harrowell)
Mon Feb 25 04:15:57 2008
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:13:23 +0000
From: "Alexander Harrowell" <a.harrowell@gmail.com>
To: "Jim Mercer" <jim@reptiles.org>
Cc: "Simon Lockhart" <simon@slimey.org>,
"Martin Hannigan" <hannigan@gmail.com>,
"Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb@byrneit.net>, nanog@merit.edu
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Interesting that (according to Renesys) BT reconnected about 500 networks in
Pakistan after the big fibre cut. I wonder if there's any data around that
would tell us who filters and who doesn't?
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org> wrote:
>
>
> having built an ISP or two in pakistan, PTCL (Pakistan Telecom) is not the
> sole provider of bandwidth to the country, although it likely carries the
> bulk of traffic to the country.
>
> operationally, there are a number of jurisdictions which filter content
> and connectivity on a variety of basis.
>
> adjusting the BGP announcements is a fairly quick and sure way to hobble
> connectivity to specific content. although, it is quickly bypassed by
> shifting the content to other addresses and domain names.
>
> i'm sure that this was an accidental leakage, and that appropriate
> corrections
> were/are taken in due course.
>
> --
> Jim Mercer jim@reptiles.org +971 55 410-5633
> "I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak."
> - Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself and
> President Lyndon Johnson, whose Secret Service detail had taken over
> Pearson's cottage retreat. At one point, a Johnson guard asked
> Pearson, "Who are you and where are you going?"
>
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Interesting that (according to Renesys) BT reconnected about 500 networks in Pakistan after the big fibre cut. I wonder if there's any data around that would tell us who filters and who doesn't?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Jim Mercer <<a href="mailto:jim@reptiles.org">jim@reptiles.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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having built an ISP or two in pakistan, PTCL (Pakistan Telecom) is not the<br>
sole provider of bandwidth to the country, although it likely carries the<br>
bulk of traffic to the country.<br>
<br>
operationally, there are a number of jurisdictions which filter content<br>
and connectivity on a variety of basis.<br>
<br>
adjusting the BGP announcements is a fairly quick and sure way to hobble<br>
connectivity to specific content. although, it is quickly bypassed by<br>
shifting the content to other addresses and domain names.<br>
<br>
i'm sure that this was an accidental leakage, and that appropriate corrections<br>
were/are taken in due course.<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
Jim Mercer <a href="mailto:jim@reptiles.org">jim@reptiles.org</a> +971 55 410-5633<br>
"I'm Prime Minister of Canada, I live here and I'm going to take a leak."<br>
- Lester Pearson in 1967, during a meeting between himself and<br>
President Lyndon Johnson, whose Secret Service detail had taken over<br>
Pearson's cottage retreat. At one point, a Johnson guard asked<br>
Pearson, "Who are you and where are you going?"<br>
</font></blockquote></div><br>
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