[164877] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: questions regarding prefix hijacking
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marsh Ray)
Wed Aug 7 17:00:21 2013
From: Marsh Ray <maray@microsoft.com>
To: Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 20:59:40 +0000
In-Reply-To: <CANQy6FYykU2WUt8C6T18gXV5yT+J3Y43k=xAT5s6XeWfpSNJ0Q@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> From: Paul Ferguson
> Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 3:07 AM
> Subject: Re: questions regarding prefix hijacking
>=20
> Historically, most prefix hijacks have been accidental, generally due to
> configuration error -- for instance...=20
>=20
> Having said that, there are quite a few documented cases of it being done
> intentionally, and for nefarious purposes.
It would be incredibly useful for someone to start a page or a category on =
Wikipedia "List of Internet Routing and DNS Incidents" that would include b=
oth "accidental" and malicious events.
- Marsh
