As you guys probably know Youtube's IP's are being hijacked. Trace: ~ $ host youtube.com youtube.com has address 208.65.153.253 youtube.com has address 208.65.153.238 youtube.com has address 208.65.153.251 [Same /24] 701 3491 17557 64.74.137.253 (metric 1) from 66.151.144.148 (66.151.144.148) Origin IGP, metric 100, localpref 100, valid, external Community: 65010:300 Last update: Sun Feb 24 11:33:05 2008 [PST8PDT] 3491 17557 216.218.135.205 from 216.218.135.205 (216.218.252.164) Origin IGP, metric 100, localpref 100, valid, external, best Last update: Sun Feb 24 10:47:57 2008 [PST8PDT] So, it seems that youtube's ip block has been hijacked by a more specific prefix being advertised. This is a case of IP hijacking, not case of DNS poisoning, youtube engineers doing something stupid, etc. For people that don't know. The router will try to get the most specific prefix. This is by design, not by accident. This is a case of censorship on the internet. Anyways, I hope this doesn't get into a political situation, and someone stops this. What action are you going to take? Are you going to filter announcements from AS17557, or just filter that specific announcement? Considering youtube is a fairly high-traffic website I think that other operators are just going to start filtering that AS. This is a great example of global politics getting in the way of honest corporatism. This is also an example of how vulnerable the internet is, and how lax providers are in their filtering policies. I don't know how large Pakistani Telecom is, but it I bet its not large enough that PCCW should be allowing it to advertise anything.