My First BGP-Hijacking Explanation

Thu Apr 8 22:19:42 UTC 2021

If one follows the social media accounts of the Pakistan version of the
FCC, nowadays they're just banning anything they find insulting or illegal
in the local legal system, and ordering ISPs to null route big chunks of IP
space.

As an anecdotal data point, the only effect this has had is teaching random
14 year olds how to use ordinary consumer grade VPNs, which work just fine.

https://www.pta.gov.pk/en

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 9:52 AM Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:

> Sam 'Half As Interesting' Denby actually did a surprisingly good job
> explaining
> this for the average only-vaguely-technical viewer...
>
>    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9gnRs33NOk
>
> [ For all the bad dad jokes he tells on HAI, he's got really good research
>   skills/staff, and his long-form stuff on Wendover Productions is
> excellent ]
>
>
> Cheers,
> -- jra
>
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