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From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Eric Kuhnke Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 5:54 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Gino, can you get this? :) Like, if I'm dumb enough to announce 8.0.0.0/8<http://8.0.0.0/8> and I'm singlehomed to an upstream provider that is also dumb enough to accept it, suddenly a lot of other BGP-speaking things that are nearby will see that the shortest route to 8/8 as being via my pipe. Cue the self inflicted DDoS. On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com<mailto:j...@kyneticwifi.com>> wrote: Like they are the default route for ALL OF THE THINGS? :) On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:46 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com<mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote: > Remember back in the early days of the net when mis-configured routers would > sometimes announce themselves to the world, for everything? > > From: Eric Kuhnke > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 3:44 PM > To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Gino, can you get this? :) > > My favorite of all time is when Pakistan's PTCL (an entity functionally > equivalent to Centurylink or Verizon, they're the LEC) decided to announce > Youtube's ipv4 prefixes... Not only did they mess things up for everyone but > they also DDoSed themselves at their international transport capacity in and > out of Karachi via submarine routes. > > http://www.cnet.com/news/youtube-blames-pakistan-network-for-2-hour-outage/ > > > > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:37 PM, Josh Reynolds > <j...@kyneticwifi.com<mailto:j...@kyneticwifi.com>> wrote: >> >> Well, there is a lot of single homed stuff out there for sure. >> >> It doesn't get much better the higher up you go in the OSI model >> though. There's also a lot of incompetent operators out there as well. >> >> http://www.bgpmon.net/large-hijack-affects-reachability-of-high-traffic-destinations/ >> https://twitter.com/bgpstream?lang=en >> >> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Eric Kuhnke >> <eric.kuh...@gmail.com<mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> > It's not, really, it's the fragility of layers 1 and 2... all the BGP >> > sessions in the world and diverse upstreams won't help you if you're not >> > diverse and suffer backhoe fade, tornado, raccoon chew, drunk guy in a >> > semi >> > truck taking out an entire utility pole, 40 pound chunk of ice falling >> > on a >> > dish+radio, etc etc >> > >> > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Josh Reynolds >> > <j...@kyneticwifi.com<mailto:j...@kyneticwifi.com>> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> ... or how fragile BGP is :) >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Eric Kuhnke >> >> <eric.kuh...@gmail.com<mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com>> >> >> wrote: >> >> > If the average person knew to what extent the internet is held >> >> > together >> >> > with >> >> > duct tape and twine, they'd be scared. Splice canisters for backbone >> >> > lines >> >> > carrying 40-channel WDM systems going through handholes that are >> >> > also a >> >> > residence of a family of angry raccoons. >> >> > >> >> > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Josh Reynolds >> >> > <j...@kyneticwifi.com<mailto:j...@kyneticwifi.com>> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Some may laugh, but that's, sadly, quite plausible. >> >> >> >> >> >> That said, at least a few years ago one could making a killing >> >> >> replacing light bulbs at AT&T shelters. $800/bulb. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Eric Kuhnke >> >> >> <eric.kuh...@gmail.com<mailto:eric.kuh...@gmail.com>> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> > somebody in a cell site shelter tripped over an orange extension >> >> >> > cord >> >> >> > and $5 >> >> >> > power strip probably... >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Gino Villarini >> >> >> > <ginovi...@gmail.com<mailto:ginovi...@gmail.com>> >> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> yeap, we are being affected, outage is related to Mobile Network. >> >> >> >> No >> >> >> >> official word yet, there was a earlier rumor about a circuit >> >> >> >> breaker >> >> >> >> being >> >> >> >> accidentally turned off. But my inside sources debunked it. I >> >> >> >> believe >> >> >> >> its >> >> >> >> a Issue with EPC >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 4:41 PM, Josh Reynolds >> >> >> >> <j...@kyneticwifi.com<mailto:j...@kyneticwifi.com>> >> >> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >>> Bit AT&T PR outage. Over 1 million cusomers down for 8+ hours >> >> >> >>> now. >> >> >> >>> >> >> >> >>> Were you effected? Any idea what caused it? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > > >
