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These routes can spill over many different paths. There is no central authority that would be able to drop them from the whole internet. Even if one Tier 1 ISP
by Aic1kuir 8y ago
These routes can spill over many different paths. There is no central authority that would be able to drop them from the whole internet. Even if one Tier 1 ISP dropped them then their routes would just flow through another one. And good luck getting all of them to agree on that unless there's some massive, persistent abuse.
- apathy 8y agoChina and Nigeria are the types of state actors that might provide that sort of persistent abuse. Two billion people living in an autocracy ... if Google still believed in Don’t Be Evil, this would not be acceptable.
- manigandham 8y agoThat’s just a corporate motto, not an actual belief. It was, is, and always be a meaningless PR phrase as empty as any other. It just goes to show the power of branding and how much people attach to it.
- eloff 8y agoI think a lot of people at Google do take that seriously. Don't be so cynical.
- berbec 8y agoOn one hand, many people at Google do take it seriously. On the other hand, there are the people making decisions.
- manigandham 8y agoMost people aren't evil, so that's not really special. Taking the statement seriously is the power of branding at work designed to drive employees.
- apathy 8y agoIt wasn’t always that way. There were people (especially in operations) that used it as a guide for certain decisions. I was disappointed when the slogan was retired.
- yourbandsucks 8y agoWhat's unacceptable? Peering with Chinese networks?
- true_religion 8y agoIs it really going that far out on a limb to say that sharing the internet with China does not you “evil”?
- mariojv 8y agoI don't think Google has control over peering agreements. The way I understand it, ISPs/backbone providers would have to decide to drop peers from their BGP configs. Outside of calling up ISPs, I'm not sure what Google should have done differently, if anything. edit/minor correction: I guess they'd have control over peering agreements for initial hops for Google Fiber users, but that wouldn't have resolved the issue in this case, either, unless they stopped peering with other huge providers like NTT. Even then, it'd only help their subscribers.