Is this problem not fixed if people would follow BCP38? Also, seems to me a storm in a tea cup, wikipedia runs on the same principles: with enough oversight the problem gets fixed quickly. Also BGP is on its way out, so may be let's concentrate on the new routing protocol? And IETF is open to all, and ISOC offers fellowship for new comers to the IETF process, and you don't need to be present at the IETF meetings to be efficient, just subscribe to the various IETF mailing lists. Cheers On 27/02/2008, JFC Morfin <jefsey@jefsey.com> wrote:
Dear all, Thank you, Jean Armour to remind this situation. IMHO this kind of issue shows the need for the ALAC to liaise with, or to have @large representatives at the IETF, and to exercise QA advice and control on Internet protocols, solutions and architecture, the same as it to be an ICANN advisor. The best way for this would be through a formal MoU with the IETF.
We have to understand that one way or another the IGF/WSIS is going to do this too (possibly through a WSIS Technical Forum). Then the ALAC will be able to fully play its role of ICANN community interface with the Members of the IGF/Enhanced Cooperation. At that time it would very good for the ALAC credibility to show some results or at least established debate.
The point you do today, seems to be also a good reasons for ALAC to get informed/investigate about the ROAP IETF/IAB issue (ROuting and Adressing Problem) leading to a possible disruption of the routing due to IPv6 management. On a more general perspective I would suggest that ALAC could start from the US cyberspace review and consider the status of the US cyberspace strategy which are probably the most active, but probably late. The reference is http://white-house.giv/pcipb. BGP is one of the priorities assigned by this strategy devised after 9/11. It was more than 5 years ago. jfc
At 03:39 27/02/2008, Jean Armour Polly wrote:
Over the weekend, the Pakistan Telecom Authority ordered Pakistan's ISPs to block YouTube. The ISPs shared BGP (Border gateway protocol) data, which advertised routes to nowhere for YouTube.
But, the routes were "accidentally" shared with a company in Hong Kong. Because the routes were very concise, and because no one bothered to see if they were accurate, routers all over accepted the routes as the best path to YouTube.
The following article gives more information, including the suggestion that secure BGP be adopted. http://www.macworld.com/article/132256/2008/02/networking.html
This article http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=3786d02a-34e5-4f04-ad9... provides more information, including this quote: "Misrouting occurs every year or so among the world's Internet carriers, usually as a result of typos or other errors, Underwood said. In a more severe example, a Turkish telecom provider in 2004 started advertising that it was the best route to all of the Internet, causing widespread outages for many Web sites over several hours.
"Nobody ran any viruses or worms or malicious code. This is just the way the Internet works. And it's not very secure or reliable," Underwood said, adding that there is no real solution to the problem on the table.
While most route hijacking is unintentional, some Yahoo networks were apparently taken over a few years ago to distribute spam. "To be honest, there's not a single thing preventing this from happening to E-Trade, or Bank of America, or the FBI, or the White House, or the Clinton campaign," Underwood said. "I think it's a useful moment for people to decide just how important it is that we fix problems like this."
How stable is the Internet, anyway? Perhaps ALAC would like to discuss.
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