On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:17:58 EST, Christopher Morrow said:
On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:44 AM, Jake Khuon <khuon@neebu.net> wrote:
I guess this begs the question of whether or not we're seeing actual layer1 going down or just the effects of mass BGP withdrawals. Are we seeing lights out on fibre links or just peering sessions going down?
out of curiousity, what's the difference though between loss of light and peer shutdown?
When Jake wrote that at 2:44AM, it was still unclear if it was government mandate or accidental. The difference is that if it was government action, bringing up a peer may get you a bullet, while relighting a cable that suffered a shark attack is probably safe unless it was a shark with frickin' lasers mounted on its head - which is plausible, as covert-action sharks have been alleged in that region before: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-11937285