On: Verizon and a BGP Optimizer Knocked Large Parts of the Internet Offline

[icedchai]

I remember the early days of the Internet, when I could log in to an ISP router running BGP, with a blazing fast T1 to an early tier 1 Internet provider. We could literally announce any route we wanted, no filtering. We used to regularly black hole spammers, then turn them back on an hour or two later.

[nikisweeting → icedchai]

Please write about your life / these times! Or link me to your blog/writing if you already have. <3

[icedchai → nikisweeting]

It's not terribly interesting. No blog, sorry.