I may be cynical but when I read they want a new system to create 'safeguards against abusive conduct', I really think they mean they want a system to suppress the sudden influx of actual public opinions (similar to that of the rush of traffic Last Week Tonight referred during their segment on Net Neutrality) and not flood out the machine driven comments supporting their decisions.
If you look up the BGP routes for a Bitcanal IP address (185.215.113.235) on HE's looking glass (https://lg.he.net/) it does not appear any routes are present. I believe HE's BGP page may still be out of date, or the peers are present but not active.
Last time I checked it took multiple days for it to update when routes disappear (I would assume they cache them for a while, in case it's just a temporary change).
For historical record, as of today, Hurricane isn't listed anymore, but Cogent is again, and GTT for ip6... Way to remain united against abuse... just, wow.
According to a post by Job on nanog they have been known to submitted false or fabricated IRR information to RADB and RIPE: http://seclists.org/nanog/2018/Jun/379
At the end of the day, BGP is a very trusting protocol and it requires keeping the neighborhood clean and clear. IMO providers should be filtering prefixes their clients shouldn't be announcing (al la BCP38) but keeping up on the various IP blocks being shifted around is a paperwork nightmare I'm sure.
BGP is still very much built on trust and reputation... At a local ix level if you were to show up at an ix like the ams-ix and regularly announce prefixes you have no right to, your company name and AS# would quickly develop the reputation of a rancid turd.
a properly implemented IX has MAC address filtering on ports. This can of course be spoofed. But there is also a level of security at OSI layer 1 for the physical fiber cross connect from an ISP's panel to the IX's panel.
For instance: If the IX is located on the 15th floor of the building. An ISP might be colocated on the 12th floor. Fiber XC from 12.501.P4.D4 (12th floor, row 5, rack 01, fiber patch panel 4, SC duplex port D4) to 15.201.P1.D4, then a fiber cable from D4 to an SFP+ port on the IX's switch. Unless somebody physically hijacks your fiber crossconnect and moves it (which would be noticed as hard down immediately) it's pretty hard to pretend to be another ISP, from the perspective of the switch fabric operator of the IX.
There is no real need for BGP authentication: if you want to create a peer relathionship, it need to be configured on both routers, then there is a native trust relationship.
I'm getting a servfail when attempting to resolve their domain, according to DomainTools[1] the IP for the site was 185.215.113.235 announced from AS42229.
The ASN was mentioned in the article as being listed by Spamhaus ASN Droplist but wasn't mentioned earlier as one of the targeted ASNs.
Edit: reviewed the ASN more and it is the Ebony Horizon mentioned in the article, and it is only peered to BitCanal's primary AS197426, which is subsequently being de-peered, so I'd say that is the main reason bitcanal.com is down :)
1: http://whois.domaintools.com/bitcanal.com
Another vote for XenForo, my previous employer ran several forums all using vBulletin. IMO the direction of vBulletin 5 was a big miss, and like other commenters have said, the core product manager/developer of vBulletin 3 & 4 left to start XenForo. There was some significant legal drama with the current owner of vBulletin suing XenForo for infringement & theft intellectual property. Those all have been dismissed in favor of XenForo (all from memory, probably worthwhile to search this out just in case).
I've seen some enthusiasm around Discourse but for users who are used to the look & feel of a traditional discussion forum or the workflow of vBulletin, it can be very jarring. I believe there was a decent community split when Ubuntu tried to retire their legacy vBulletin forum in favor of Discourse; I think they are still running both side by side with almost different groups using them. XenForo is a more natural progression from vBulletin and would be my platform of choice.
Discourse looks different from the traditional style but to my surprise I got used to using it quite fast and liking it much and not just about the usability but with its API, customizability, administration capability and mobile support. It shows when someone has experience creating stackoverflow.
I had a former sales person who worked for the Berry company (who produced the Yellow Pages) tell me the two biggest buyers of listings/ads were doctors and lawyers. So not surprised lawyers may be willing to overspend a bit compared to how much those very prominent ads for lawyers were in phone books (think rear cover or side binding). I assume they still spend quite a bit on the Yellow pages since that may be all that is available to you while you sit in jail and need legal council.
Last time I was in jail there was nothing with words in my cell except my booking papers. Calls placed out of that jail were collect and didn't show a caller ID. Thankfully I got the number of a bail bondsman from a man who was in there for battery. YellowPages would have been nice.
It's crazy that they just began sponsoring XDA and then make that kind of move, XDA is now running a regular Q&A with their CEO every Friday, I predict none of the 10 questions they select will have to do with bootloader unlocking, like people on XDA would care about such a thing...
> In addition to launching access to our native global network, we're also launching a public preview of use-your-own SSL certificate, enabling customers to customize and self-maintain their own certificate and create a CDN solution perfectly fitted to their needs.
Any bets how long till Let's Encrypt functionality/automation is built out by a community project?
IMO the conference market has taken a hit in general prior to the Trump administration. For the previous several years, attendance and sponsorships were trending down, it seemed like most companies budgets were being pulled from onsite training to virtual and sponsoring companies wanted to focus on their own niche mini show around their products only. We had a healthy percent of international attendees that came in every year, I can only imagine with sentiment being customs/immigration is getting worse for travelers, that would discourage attendees from coming in.
I don't disagree with the sentiment, but I think we didn't fully appreciate how much the 'social' aspect of the show was more important than the 'education' we provided. We de-epmhesized the after show social hours and other parties, and instead focused on marketing the education factor, and gradually the fun left the show along with the people. But that's my personal opinion.
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