Re: Kenyan Route Hijack

[Barry Shein <bzs () world std com>]

On March 16, 2008 at 06:25 fergdawg () netzero net (Paul Ferguson) wrote:
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> - -- "Glen Kent" <glen.kent () gmail com> wrote:
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> > If its done intentionally then it would only make sense if theres a
> > DOS attack coming from that address block, or if theres something
> > "blasphemous" put up there. If none of these, then why locally
> > blackhole traffic?
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> Usually unintentional. See Pakistan Telecom for recent example.

Pakistan's blackhole was semi-unintentional, kind of like you tried to
shoot your spouse but the bullet went through the wall and
"unintentionally" hit a neighbor.

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        -Barry Shein

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