tortue0

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   by tortue0 3y ago

   I've had my cable company call me directly about an account issue and told them I couldn't validate it was them and the person got somewhat irate with my response, insisting there was no one I could call to verify them and that it
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   by tortue0 3y ago

   They do and use lat/lon in some cases. Reviewing and inputting that (when being done manual) is another story - but it's technically possible.
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   by tortue0 3y ago

   ddos as a service providers (aka booters/stressers) proxy L7 request floods via VPN providers. At some point the VPN providers might actually care to kill off those accounts / better tighten up their free tiers, but they don'
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   by tortue0 3y ago

   Felt this too with MSFT folks. I never want to hear "rhythm of the business" again.
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   by tortue0 3y ago

   When I worked at an ISP in the 90s the amount of threats and verbal abuse from customers was wild. One guy who ran a event ticket operation (selling tickets to events) we installed a T1 for the phone company wouldn't go out unless they
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   by tortue0 3y ago

   Didn't someone actually get the configs that showed it was a bgp prefix filter denying accepting the bgp announcement from a customer? Isn't that a far cry from null routing? They're just choosing not to learn it from a custo
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   by tortue0 3y ago

   That only applies when you do "commit confirmed".