Does any one know that what's happening to these sites is *really* a human initiated DoS.....every one seems to point the finger....or am I just missing some vital information. I have seen very similar behaviour on large networks when the routing breaks and an ensuing packet storm erupts with the routers all trying to update each others routing tables....some protocols are worse than others particularly the likes of OSPF. So if some thing happened to these routers or a new one was configured wrong then all hell could break loose....particularly with large routers.....
BTW: doing a traceroute shows that to get to the US today I go via the opposite end of the country normally traffic goes a different direction....hmmmmmmm...something is not right.
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Does any one know that what's happening to these sites is *really* a human initiated DoS.....every one seems to point the finger....or am I just missing some vital information. I have seen very similar behaviour on large networks when the routing breaks and an ensuing packet storm erupts with the routers all trying to update each others routing tables....some protocols are worse than others particularly the likes of OSPF. So if some thing happened to these routers or a new one was configured wrong then all hell could break loose....particularly with large routers.....
....hmmmmmmm...something is not right.
BTW: doing a traceroute shows that to get to the US today I go via the opposite end of the country normally traffic goes a different direction
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