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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: YouTube IP Hijacking
http://www.google.com/reader/m/view/?source=mobilepack&v=2.1.4&rlz=1H2GGLE_en&i=-3701578819353178822&c=CMOjuszq3ZEC&n=1 On 2/24/08, Max Tulyev <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think it was NOT a typo. This was a test, much more important test for > this world than last american anti-satellite missile. > > And if they do it again with more mind, site will became down for a > weeks at least... More of that, if big national telecom operator did it > and have neighbors to filter them out - it can lead to global split of > the network. > > Of course, it should be happened early or late with THIS design of the > Network. > > Ravi Pina wrote: > > Sounds more like a typo on a filter over at AS17557 > > than anything else. > > > > > http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080224/world/denmark_media_islam_pakistan_internet_youtube > > > > -r > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 12:27:29PM -0800, Sargun Dhillon wrote: > >> As you guys probably know Youtube's IP's are being hijacked. Trace: > >> ~ $ host youtube.com > >> youtube.com has address 208.65.153.253 > >> youtube.com has address 208.65.153.238 > >> youtube.com has address 208.65.153.251 > >> [Same /24] > >> > >> > >> 701 3491 17557 > >> 64.74.137.253 (metric 1) from 66.151.144.148 (66.151.144.148) > >> Origin IGP, metric 100, localpref 100, valid, external > >> Community: 65010:300 > >> Last update: Sun Feb 24 11:33:05 2008 [PST8PDT] > >> 3491 17557 > >> 216.218.135.205 from 216.218.135.205 (216.218.252.164) > >> Origin IGP, metric 100, localpref 100, valid, external, best > >> Last update: Sun Feb 24 10:47:57 2008 [PST8PDT] > >> > >> 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. This is a case of censorship > >> on the internet. Anyways, I hope this doesn't get into a political > >> situation, and someone stops this. > >> > >> What action are you going to take? Are you going to filter > >> announcements from AS17557, or just filter that specific announcement? > >> Considering youtube is a fairly high-traffic website I think that other > >> operators are just going to start filtering that AS. This is a great > >> example of global politics getting in the way of honest corporatism. > >> This is also an example of how vulnerable the internet is, and how lax > >> providers are in their filtering policies. I don't know how large > >> Pakistani Telecom is, but it I bet its not large enough that PCCW should > >> be allowing it to advertise anything. > > > -- > WBR, > Max Tulyev (MT6561-RIPE, 2:463/[email protected]) >
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