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by neuronflux 2505 days ago
BGP filters fix this. Only accept routes from customers for IP space that they control.

I imagine Verizon has some sort of webUI with bad defaults (no filter) so that their helpdesk can setup new customers - Hanlon's razor being what it is.
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icedchai 2505 days ago
I remember setting up a T1 in the mid 90's. Our upstream was InternetMCI. There was no Web UI. There was no documentation of any sort. The guy (MCI tech) just had me read him routes over the phone and he announced them. Fun times!
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yusyusyus 2505 days ago
easier explanation is that they were doing troubleshooting and had removed the filter to do that.
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icedchai 2505 days ago
In the early days, some upstream ISPs did no filtering. You could announce anything.
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