Re: YouTube IP Hijacking

["Alexander Harrowell" <a.harrowell () gmail com>]

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.
>
> --
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