We seem to have an odd fascination with lists. From top 10 worst/best to lists to make sure to remember to pick up bread and milk on the way home (nb. must pick up milk). At any rate, I stumbled across this story this morning on Network World where Carolyn Duffy Marsan lists off the six worst internet routing attacks. Both overt and accidental.
From Network World:
Pakistan Telecom blocks YouTube
In February 2008, Pakistan Telecom inadvertently brought down the entire YouTube site worldwide for two hours as it was attempting to restrict local access to the site. When Pakistan Telecom tried to filter access to YouTube, it sent new routing information via BGP to PCCW, an ISP in Hong Kong that propagated the false routing information across the Internet.
ICANN puts root server at risk
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) screwed up in November 2007 when it renumbered the DNS root server “L” that it operates. ICANN failed to notice several unauthorized L root servers operating across the Internet until six months later. By May 2008, ICANN had all the bogus L root servers turned off.
Are there any major ones that were missed that you think should be a part of this list?
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