On 11/2/15 8:39 AM, Christopher Morrow wrote:
> oh well, since this conversation got re-ingnited..
> 
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 1:15 AM, Job Snijders <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I think "type 5: U-Shaped Turn with More Specific Prefix" should be
>> removed from the document.
>>
>> Given the description:
>>
>>     "A multi-homed AS learns a route from one upstream ISP and announces
>>     a subprefix (subsumed in the prefix) to another upstream ISP."
>>
>> I'd classify this type of announcement a "hijack" or "attack", not a
>> route leak.
> 
> this makes sense to me, this is the equivalent of several well known
> instances of someone's 'internap' box leaking outside their span of
> control. So, I agree this is a hijack, not a leak... though clearly
> the subnets were 'leaked' outside the span of control, the effect is
> really a hijack of the remote prefix.

hijack is the practical result of the more specific.

intent is of course something else.

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