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News: There Were BGP Anomalies During The Venezuela Blackout
When watching the situation in Venezuela unfold, the phrase "It was dark, the lights of Caracas were
One option is to hijack a prefix by announcing a more specific one.
This should then route traffic to the more specific prefix to your AS.
You can then analyse and forward the traffic, attempt to impersonate a server within this range or simply drop the incoming packets.
As the author described, this case might be a bit more tricky, as BGP prefers shorter routes to longer ones. However, it seems that some longer-than-necessary routes were in use.
One option is to hijack a prefix by announcing a more specific one. This should then route traffic to the more specific prefix to your AS. You can then analyse and forward the traffic, attempt to impersonate a server within this range or simply drop the incoming packets.
As the author described, this case might be a bit more tricky, as BGP prefers shorter routes to longer ones. However, it seems that some longer-than-necessary routes were in use.