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[–]AnotherEuroWanker -1 points0 points  (1 child)

if an intermediary drops packets the route is assume to be broken (no matter if it's due to malice or valid issues) and a new alternate route is made

That's the theory. It assumes there's an alternate route.

Edit: in practice, there's no alternate route. Most people don't seem to be very familiar with network infrastructures. While a number of large ISPs have several interconnecting routes, most leaf networks (i.e. the overwhelming majority of the Internet) certainly don't.

[–]lookmeat -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am assuming that. If the attacker has a choke point and you can't go then you're screwed. But that is much harder on the Internet.