From: Christopher Morrow Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 2:06 PM
On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Marsh Ray <maray@microsoft.com> wrote:
It would be incredibly useful for someone to start a page or a category on
Wikipedia "List of Internet Routing and DNS Incidents" that would include both "accidental" and malicious events.
do we really need that?
Have you ever heard of someone using IP addresses as an access control mechanism? (AKA, "IP whitelist") When I hear about this, I would really *love* to be able to link them to a credible source.
they seem to occur often enough that that isn't really required :(
*I* believe you, but in practice that's not sufficient to convince many other folks. Currently, a section of a page on Wikipedia lists 7 incidents going back to 1997. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_hijacking#Public_incidents Serious question: Do folks here feel that is an accurate representation of this phenomenon in practice? - Marsh