[outages] 3556 problems

[Rodriguez, Alfredo]

Randy,

I'm almost wondering if the FlowSpec didn't inadvertently target control plane or MP-BGP traffic inadvertently causing the undulating and unrecoverable flapping of their network.

Alfredo Rodriguez

PS: Good to see a PSC staffer here (from a former CMU student and 'Burgh resident).

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> initial research identified that an offending flowspec announcement 
> prevented Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) from establishing

opsec paranoid here wonders about the content of the flowspec announcement and whence it originated.

randy
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