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by bdonlan 4854 days ago
They could've been fragmented IPv6 packets. Or it could've been a bug in their profiler.
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which is precisely why it seems like lunacy to roll out such an asinine firewall rule to every router. if there was ever a time to "spot check" a change, this was it.

they didn't. and they paid the price. good on 'em for the quick and honest post-mortem. regardless, it was a dumb move.