NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] Re: Pakistan YouTube block routing changes disrupt YouTube worldwide
I'm not sure to what degree the _mechanics_ of a prefix-hijacking is relevant to the NN discussion. But in case any of you are interested (many of you may have been at this NANOG meeting), some early work that we did on prefix-hijacking in 05-06 can be found here: http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0602/pdf/boothe.pdf ~James Hiebert On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 09:10:39AM -0800, Lauren Weinstein wrote: > This story hasn't seen much mainstream media play yet. Apparently > the means chosen by Pakistan's ISPs to conform to their government's > attempt to block their people's access to "religiously offensive" > video materials -- low level routing changes -- managed to disrupt > YouTube access worldwide over the weekend, with effects in some areas > still apparently continuing. All details are not entirely clear > at this time. > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/25/1322252 > > --Lauren-- > NNSquad Moderator >