YouTube IP Hijacking

Patrick W. Gilmore patrick at ianai.net
Mon Feb 25 08:04:52 UTC 2008


On Feb 25, 2008, at 2:27 AM, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
> At 07:15 PM 24-02-08 -0500, Randy Epstein wrote:
>
>> More importantly, why is PCCW not prefix filtering their downstreams?
>
> Why?
>
> - Lack of clue
> - Couldn't care less
> - No revenue
>
> Take your pick - or add your own reason.  PCCW is not alone.  They  
> just happen to be the latest in a long line of ISPs that follow the  
> same rules - their own.

All good, er, bad reasons.  Fixing the "filter your downstreams"  
problem is very important.  It would also solve 90-something percent  
of the problems mentioned in this thread.  E.g. as7007. :)

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TTFN,
patrick




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