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Unpacking the Dec. 12 Quad9 BGP Route Leak | Outage Deep Dive
26 minutes Posted Dec 14, 2022 at 10:59 pm.
UTC on Dec 12, 2022, an ISP in the Democratic Republic of Congo leaked a route belonging to the Quad9 DNS service, causing some traffic, including Verizon US customer traffic, to get routed to Africa for ~90 minutes. High traffic loss was observed throughout the incident which was resolved at ~13:40 UTC. 00:00 Welcome: This is The Internet Report, where we uncover what’s working and what’s breaking on the Internet—and why. Join our co-hosts Mike Hicks, Principal Solutions Analyst, and Kemal Sanjta, Principal Internet Architect, both from ThousandEyes, as they discuss the December 12th Quad9 BGP route leak. 00:56 Under the Hood: Reviewing the Quad9 BGP route leak as seen in the ThousandEyes platform. Explore the incident yourself in the ThousandEyes platform at: https://aioiqfxeunngihtwnkphnuzazgloaiju.share.thousandeyes.com/ Questions? Feedback? Send us an email at [email protected]
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Starting at ~12:12 UTC on Dec 12, 2022, an ISP in the Democratic Republic of Congo leaked a route belonging to the Quad9 DNS service, causing some traffic, including Verizon US customer traffic, to get routed to Africa for ~90 minutes. High traffic loss was observed throughout the incident which was resolved at ~13:40 UTC. 00:00 Welcome: This is The Internet Report, where we uncover what’s working and what’s breaking on the Internet—and why. Join our co-hosts Mike Hicks, Principal Solutions Analyst, and Kemal Sanjta, Principal Internet Architect, both from ThousandEyes, as they discuss the December 12th Quad9 BGP route leak. 00:56 Under the Hood: Reviewing the Quad9 BGP route leak as seen in the ThousandEyes platform. Explore the incident yourself in the ThousandEyes platform at: https://aioiqfxeunngihtwnkphnuzazgloaiju.share.thousandeyes.com/ Questions? Feedback? Send us an email at [email protected]