-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -- Will Hargrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Sargun Dhillon wrote: > >> So, it seems that youtube's ip block has been hijacked by a more >> specific prefix being advertised. This is a case of IP hijacking, not >> case of DNS poisoning, youtube engineers doing something stupid, etc. >> For people that don't know. The router will try to get the most specific >> prefix. This is by design, not by accident. > >You are making the assumption of malice when the more likely cause is one of accident on the part of probably stressed NOC staff at 17557. > >They probably have that /24 going to a gateway walled garden box which replies with a site saying 'we have banned this', and that /24 route is leaking outside of their AS via PCCW due to dodgy filters/communities. > I guess you guys missed the news that Pakistan has "blocked" YouTube due to [mumble]: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/24/wpak324.xml AS Name AS17557 PKTELECOM-AS-AP Pakistan Telecom - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.3 (Build 3017) wj8DBQFHwdp8q1pz9mNUZTMRAt4kAKDxryR8tLk3ejGe0p2aBAvvIcanAwCg4JkC a79WB3j06mIwUPdxUI+xweA= =zTdh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
