Network statistic, or political commentary?

Posted on July 14th, 2006 in awful, culture, funny, politics, sysadmin by They

They were intrigued by this week’s nanog posting of the

BGP Update Report
Interval: 30-Jun-06 -to- 13-Jul-06 (14 days)
Observation Point: BGP Peering with AS4637

TOP 20 Unstable Origin AS
Rank ASN                Upds     %  Upds/Pfx    AS-Name
1 - AS15611           19231  1.6%     206.8 -- Iranian Research Organisation

They hope it is simple ironic coincidence. Nonetheless, they wonder how North Korean ASN’s are faring…