a more in depth discussion about this here: http://asert.arbornetworks.com/2008/02/internet-routing-insecuritypakistan-nukes-youtube/
-Ahmad On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Richard M. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9877614-7.html?tag=nefd.top > > > > February 24, 2008 12:17 PM PST > YouTube blames Pakistan network for 2-hour outage > > Posted by Greg > Sandoval<http://www.news.com/8300-10784_3-7.html?authorId=116&tag=author> > > [image: http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/20080224/youtube.jpg] > > *Updated, 9:40 p.m. to add YouTube's explanation of what caused outage.* > > YouTube suffered a two-hour long, system-wide outage on Sunday that the > company said was triggered by a network based in Pakistan. > > "For about two hours, traffic to YouTube was routed according to erroneous > Internet Protocols," said YouTube spokesperson Ricardo Reyes in a statement > "Many users around the world could not access our site. We have determined > that the source of these events was a network in Pakistan. We are > investigating and working with others in the Internet community to prevent > this from happening again." > > The BBC reported <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7262071.stm> that > Pakistan's attempts to block access to YouTube may have inadvertently caused > the outage. Earlier in the day, Pakistan's shutoff access to YouTube inside > the country in response to the posting of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, > which have outraged many Muslims. > > … > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. >
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