RE: BGP-based blackholing/hijacking patented in Australia?

Predating this is Bellwether (June 2000): http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0006/hardie.html Specifically: http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0006/ppt/hardie/sld008.htm http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0006/ppt/hardie/sld009.htm -Hank

BGP Shunt to a tunnel is has been done by several providers on this list for years. In some cases, it has been used for Lawful Intercept (BGP Shunt down a GRE tunnel).

Then there is the BGP Shunt down a MPLS tunnel (the MPLS Shunt). Colt was one of the first to deploy this:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-46/presentations/ripe46-eof-fis chbach.pdf

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