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Re:Hijack of Amazon’s domain service used to reroute web tra... by plange on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @06:33PM (#16917244)
Confusion prevention squad:

> That is to get to 3.3.3.3 A 3.3.0.0/16 route takes precedence over a 3.0.0.0/32 route.

I think you mean:

> That is to get to 3.3.3.3 A 3.3.0.0/16 route takes precedence over a 3.0.0.0/8 route.

a /32 is _more_ specific.

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Re:Hijack of Amazon’s domain service used to reroute web tra... by rocqua on Tuesday April 24, 2018 @06:37PM (#16917274)
Thanks, you are totally right. Not sure what caused that brain fart. Luckily, I could still edit.
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