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Autonomous System. Basically, a top level Internet shard. You need to become a Real ISP to pull off this attack.
by notriddle 9y ago
Autonomous System.
Basically, a top level Internet shard. You need to become a Real ISP to pull off this attack.
- chatmasta 9y agoThat may be technically true, but not by any layman’s definition of an ISP. An AS can be a tiny company (I’ve been one) as long as it has some IP space SWIPed (registered) to it with ARIN/RIPE. All you need is to fill out a form. Then you need to find other ASes to peer with you of course. Also note that technically all you need is the ability to advertise routes. That could be mutually exclusive from AS status if your server provider is willing to advertise routes from their AS on your behalf (like vultr does, I think). In that case the provider is acting irresponsibly and should validate the routes.