Comment by __MatrixMan__
4 days ago
I once was half way through a road trip when google maps routed me off the highway, through a walmart parking lot, and onto another highway.
I assumed it was a badly performing algorithm. But if it had instead routed me through a McDonalds drive through, I'd have assumed it was foul play.
I think the article makes a decent case that this was the former and not the latter, though it would be interesting to see route leaks visualized on a map over time. Too many odd coincidences could sway me the other way.
The only reason BGP route leaks aren't more common is the filtering of other ISPs. It's pretty easy to make a mistake you don't intend to.
Truth. There's been a lot of work over the past 10-15 years to strap on best practices and validation to make these kinds of incidents less common or impossible. The article even talks about several upcoming changes/standards at the end.