Re: ASNs decimation in ZW this morning

2019-01-18 Thread Colin Johnston
> On 18 Jan 2019, at 11:52, Mark Tinka wrote: > > > > On 17/Jan/19 16:57, Keith Medcalf wrote: > >> However, like the Internet Off switch installed in the Pentagon after 911 >> (which shutdown the DNS Severs), you may find that you have to reboot the >> Internet so you can upload your

Re: ASNs decimation in ZW this morning

2019-01-18 Thread Mark Tinka
On 17/Jan/19 16:57, Keith Medcalf wrote: > However, like the Internet Off switch installed in the Pentagon after 911 > (which shutdown the DNS Severs), you may find that you have to reboot the > Internet so you can upload your Save the World video to Twitter ...

RE: ASNs decimation in ZW this morning

2019-01-17 Thread Keith Medcalf
says a lot about anticipated traffic volume. >-Original Message- >From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Mark Tinka >Sent: Thursday, 17 January, 2019 02:47 >To: Colin Johnston >Cc: nanog@nanog.org >Subject: Re: ASNs decimation in ZW this morning > &g

Re: ASNs decimation in ZW this morning

2019-01-17 Thread Mark Tinka
On 17/Jan/19 11:29, Colin Johnston wrote: > Would a service be viewed as the same as (layer2 connectivity to a out of > country layer3/layer4 endpoint). > ie ip source out of country but connectivity layer in country ? > satcomms in effect but terrestrial based pvc with leaf router out of

Re: ASNs decimation in ZW this morning

2019-01-17 Thread Colin Johnston
> On 17 Jan 2019, at 09:07, Mark Tinka wrote: > > > > On 16/Jan/19 19:49, John Von Essen wrote: > >> Im confused as to what exactly happened and how it was implemented. I >> assume the government wanted to restrict access to sites like >> whatsapp, facebook, twitter, etc.,. So did they

Re: ASNs decimation in ZW this morning

2019-01-17 Thread Mark Tinka
On 16/Jan/19 19:49, John Von Essen wrote: > Im confused as to what exactly happened and how it was implemented. I > assume the government wanted to restrict access to sites like > whatsapp, facebook, twitter, etc.,. So did they tell national > ISPs/Mobile (strong-arm) to simply block access to

Re: ASNs decimation in ZW this morning

2019-01-16 Thread Scott Weeks
--- col...@gt86car.org.uk wrote: From: Colin Johnston I wonder how they block social media sites/whats up, is it null routing on peering cores or filtering since did not see filtering in place from ZIM<>UK last month... - Regarding the shutdown:

Re: ASNs decimation in ZW this morning

2019-01-16 Thread John Von Essen
Im confused as to what exactly happened and how it was implemented. I assume the government wanted to restrict access to sites like whatsapp, facebook, twitter, etc.,. So did they tell national ISPs/Mobile (strong-arm) to simply block access to those sites, or they did they tell them to

Re: ASNs decimation in ZW this morning

2019-01-16 Thread Mark Tinka
On 16/Jan/19 15:54, Colin Johnston wrote: > > > I wonder how they block social media sites/whats up, is it null > routing on peering cores or filtering since did not see filtering in > place from ZIM<>UK last month... In Africa, the majority of connectivity happens over mobile networks. So

Re: ASNs decimation in ZW this morning

2019-01-16 Thread Colin Johnston
> On 15 Jan 2019, at 17:03, C. A. Fillekes wrote: > > > Whole countries falling off the net? BUT TEH TOP POSTINGS!!! > > I'm a little frustrated with the very existence of that thread. > > Trying to constructively change the topic to something more interesting lol. > > I guess the

Re: ASNs decimation in ZW this morning

2019-01-15 Thread Colin Johnston
sorry top posting, yup whatsup doesnt work in harare. phone circuits land ok though and checked ok col Sent from my iPod > On 15 Jan 2019, at 15:42, C. A. Fillekes wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 10:34 AM C. A. Fillekes wrote: >> >> So @meileaben on twitter this morning notes: >>

Re: ASNs decimation in ZW this morning

2019-01-15 Thread C. A. Fillekes
On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 10:34 AM C. A. Fillekes wrote: > > So @meileaben on twitter this morning notes: > > Many #*Zimbabwe* Internet > routes withdrawn around 9:30 UTC amidst civil unrest in the country. > near-realtime on #*RIPEstat* >

ASNs decimation in ZW this morning

2019-01-15 Thread C. A. Fillekes
So @meileaben on twitter this morning notes: Many #*Zimbabwe* Internet routes withdrawn around 9:30 UTC amidst civil unrest in the country. near-realtime on #*RIPEstat* here: https://stat.ripe.net/ZW