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They are talking about the BGP protocol. One fuck-up can cause this exact issue and it is slow to propagate. Look into BGP if you are not familiar. Its a surprisingly simple and flawed protocol that relies on peer's to just trust each other for updates without much verification.
I think it was Iran that did something like this ~6-8 years ago to try to ban youtube.. Instead they ended up ddosing their entire country out of the internet because they updated an external route for youtube and ended up routing the entire worlds traffic for the company through their pipes...
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[–] level_101 ago
They are talking about the BGP protocol. One fuck-up can cause this exact issue and it is slow to propagate. Look into BGP if you are not familiar. Its a surprisingly simple and flawed protocol that relies on peer's to just trust each other for updates without much verification.
I think it was Iran that did something like this ~6-8 years ago to try to ban youtube.. Instead they ended up ddosing their entire country out of the internet because they updated an external route for youtube and ended up routing the entire worlds traffic for the company through their pipes...
[–] Fateswebb 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Yeah uh... Nope.. that was pakistan not Iran..
[–] level_101 ago
My mistake, though I do appreciate that you took the time to look into it.