John Kristoff

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UIC PhD candidate | https://Dataplane.org | Netscout. Internet infrastructure: #BGP #DNS and #infosec. Bit mechanic. Also: #Blues / tfr / #fedi22
Homepagehttps://dataplane.org/jtk

RE: https://mastodon.social/@botgov/116817077372002539

fraud.gov, not currently active

Small Asian #hosting provider Server Galatic (#AS150423) is shutting down their Philippines cluster at the end of July citing vague "operational reasons".

Small Minneapolis-based #hosting provider MadGenius (#AS55154) is shutting down at the end of July.

"[...] we no longer find our hosting services viable to maintain."

Doug Madory (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Abrupt drop in internet traffic to Venezuela at 22:04 UTC (6:04pm VET) after two devastating earthquakes struck the country yesterday evening. Our thoughts are with everyone affected. 🙏

Infosec Exchange

RE: https://mastodon.social/@botgov/116743467328624090

aiworkforcehub exec dept of labor name, but no content. uscpoig legislative name, u.s. capital police inspector general, but no content

Small Georgian #Hosting provider Worldbus (#AS203647) attributing to increased operational costs announced "[...] starting from July 1st, 2026, the prices of Georgia VPS services will be increased by 10%"

RE: https://mastodon.social/@botgov/116720818044653683

whatcanyoudocampaign is an exec dept of labor name, nothing there yet but might be disability related

RE: https://mastodon.social/@botgov/116703831136939407

soarc is a sec of defense name, usvisabond is a treasury dept name, neither have content as of now

Let’s talk malformed AS_PATHs. Unless you’re enforcing the “First AS” of received routes, you’re vulnerable to hijacks that not even ASPA validation can prevent.

Read more here, and enforce the First AS in BGP.
https://blog.cloudflare.com/enforce-first-as-bgp/

Enforcing the First AS in BGP AS PATHs

BGP is vulnerable to routing hijacks and path leaks that negatively impact traffic on the Internet. RPKI helps solve some of these problems, but for some forged paths, we need to rely on a simpler mechanism: First AS enforcement in BGP.

The Cloudflare Blog
Iran's Internet is partially restored, Cloudflare Radar data shows

Cloudflare Radar data confirms early indications of a partial Internet restoration in Iran, nearly three months after the shutdown began. Traffic spikes and DNS queries have risen, but network activity is currently just 40% of pre-shutdown levels.

The Cloudflare Blog