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  • polish_aristocrat
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Jul 2002
    • 40377
    #1

    Pakistan blocks YouTube -> YouTube down for the whole world

    Pakistan's attempts to block access to YouTube has been blamed for an almost global blackout of the video website for more than an hour on Sunday.
    BBC News has learned that the outage was almost certainly connected to Pakistan Telecom and Asian internet service provider PCCW.

    A leading net professional said the global outage was "probably a mistake".

    Pakistan ordered internet service providers to block the site because of content deemed offensive to Islam.

    The BBC News website's technology editor, Darren Waters, says that to block Pakistan's citizens from accessing YouTube it is believed Pakistan Telecom "hijacked" the web server address of the popular video site.

    Those details were then passed on to the country's internet service providers so that anyone in Pakistan attempting to go to YouTube was instead re-directed to a different address.

    But the details of the "hijack" were leaked out into the wider internet from PCCW and as a result YouTube was mistakenly blocked by internet service providers around the world.
    full story

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7262071.stm
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    • L-Pink
      working on my tan
      • Mar 2005
      • 39151
      #2
      Good ...... sick of seeing lame links.

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        • Probono
          Confirmed User
          • Oct 2002
          • 2731
          #3
          You need to love governments deciding what is safe for their people to see.

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            • Eva PSC
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              • Feb 2008
              • 994
              #4
              it is funny how everybody here hates "illegal" tubes for stolen content yet everybody loves youtube and it is FULL of rips and stolen mainstream videos

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                • marketsmart
                  HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
                  • Dec 2004
                  • 20419
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Eva PSC
                  it is funny how everybody here hates "illegal" tubes for stolen content yet everybody loves youtube and it is FULL of rips and stolen mainstream videos
                  amen brother.. the hypocrisy of this industry amazes me...

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                    • Eva PSC
                      Confirmed User
                      • Feb 2008
                      • 994
                      #6
                      Originally posted by marketsmart
                      amen brother.. the hypocrisy of this industry amazes me...
                      sista

                      lol


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                        • u-Bob
                          there's no $$$ in porn
                          • Jul 2005
                          • 33063
                          #7
                          from NANOG:

                          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.

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                            • Diligent
                              Confirmed User
                              • Aug 2003
                              • 1594
                              #8
                              Crazy shit... when will a certain culture learn that censorship=dictatorship to quite an extent... and that dictatorship REALLY isn't a modern thing, of a modern world...
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                                • rowan
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Mar 2002
                                  • 17393
                                  #9
                                  Shows you how insecure and fragile the whole BGP spiderweb really is.

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                                    • TheAgent
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                                      • Feb 2008
                                      • 265
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Eva PSC
                                      it is funny how everybody here hates "illegal" tubes for stolen content yet everybody loves youtube and it is FULL of rips and stolen mainstream videos
                                      hey man i love tubesites, i love youporn, redtube, i don't know what everyone bitches about cause they are sitting around picking their ass why people are making money
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                                        • VeriSexy
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                                          • Apr 2002
                                          • 25463
                                          #11
                                          O the madness
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                                            • Vick!
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                                              • Nov 2005
                                              • 6882
                                              #12
                                              They blocked, yes. It resulted blackout, No.

                                              Originally posted by Eva PSC
                                              it is funny how everybody here hates "illegal" tubes for stolen content yet everybody loves youtube and it is FULL of rips and stolen mainstream videos
                                              We are fucking hypocrites, something is bad thing only if it messes with out interests and monies .. otherwise, its all good.

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                                                • u-Bob
                                                  there's no $$$ in porn
                                                  • Jul 2005
                                                  • 33063
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by Vick!
                                                  They blocked, yes. It resulted blackout, No.
                                                  Their attempt to block it did cause the 'blackout'.

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                                                    • Vick!
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Nov 2005
                                                      • 6882
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by u-Bob
                                                      Their attempt to block it did cause the 'blackout'.
                                                      you believe so because? Because, youtube said so. right?

                                                      Do you think its this easier to cause blackout? If it was, internet would have been collapsed already.
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                                                        • xmas13
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                                                          • Dec 2004
                                                          • 5176
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Vick!
                                                          you believe so because? Because, youtube said so. right?

                                                          Do you think its this easier to cause blackout? If it was, internet would have been collapsed already.
                                                          Get lost, moron, here we don't support terrorists and terrorist lovers. Move to Pakistan, asshole. You will see what they do to pornographers. You might lose your head.
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                                                            • u-Bob
                                                              there's no $$$ in porn
                                                              • Jul 2005
                                                              • 33063
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by Vick!
                                                              you believe so because? Because, youtube said so. right?
                                                              No, cuz I read NANOG.

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                                                                • sortie
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                                                                  • Mar 2007
                                                                  • 7771
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by Eva PSC
                                                                  it is funny how everybody here hates "illegal" tubes for stolen content yet everybody loves youtube and it is FULL of rips and stolen mainstream videos
                                                                  Yeah, and when they finally stop hating tube sites and decide to build one
                                                                  they steal the tube script.

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                                                                    • Eva PSC
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • Feb 2008
                                                                      • 994
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by sortie
                                                                      Yeah, and when they finally stop hating tube sites and decide to build one
                                                                      they steal the tube script.
                                                                      hahahaha

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                                                                        • Vick!
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                                                                          • Nov 2005
                                                                          • 6882
                                                                          #19
                                                                          Pakistan lifted the ban, after offensive content removed by YouTube.
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                                                                            • Scott McD
                                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                              • Nov 2002
                                                                              • 67798
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Pakistan can lick my balls.
















                                                                              And then post the vid on YouTube...


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                                                                                • SayWhut
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                                                                                  • Jan 2008
                                                                                  • 962
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  If there was such a black out I wouldn't be surprised to see a whole world war against Pakistan coming up ....

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                                                                                    • TheDoc
                                                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                                      • Jul 2001
                                                                                      • 13827
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      If you look at YouTubes Alexa stats you can see the drop, just a blip in the overall scale of things, but you can still see it.
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                                                                                        • u-Bob
                                                                                          there's no $$$ in porn
                                                                                          • Jul 2005
                                                                                          • 33063
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Originally posted by SayWhut
                                                                                          If there was such a black out I wouldn't be surprised to see a whole world war against Pakistan coming up ....
                                                                                          "if"??? There was a blackout.

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                                                                                            • SayWhut
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                                                                                              • Jan 2008
                                                                                              • 962
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Originally posted by u-Bob
                                                                                              "if"??? There was a blackout.

                                                                                              This means war ....

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