Prefix hijacking by Michael Lindsay via Internap

[tammy-lists at wiztech.biz (Tammy A. Wisdom)]

I completely agree... the real issue here is the system is flawed and RIPE/ARIN/APNIC etc have zero actual authority over actual routing.  Yet another reason they aren't worth the money we flush down the toilet for them to do absolutely nothing.
--Tammy



----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Conrad" <drc at virtualized.org>
> To: "Arturo Servin" <arturo.servin at gmail.com>
> Cc: nanog at nanog.org
> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 11:25:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Prefix hijacking by Michael Lindsay via Internap
> 
> On Aug 20, 2011, at 6:01 PM, Arturo Servin wrote:
> > 	If you are claiming right over these prefixes I suggest you to
> > 	contact RIPE NCC.
> 
> And that will do what exactly?
> 
> Back when I worked at an RIR, a prefix was "misplaced".  When I
> contacted the (country monopoly PTT) ISP and told them the prefix
> had been removed from APNIC's database and should not be routed.
>  Their response was "We have a contract with the customer for
> connectivity.  We do not have a contract with you." and I was
> encouraged to get the customer to voluntarily withdraw the prefix.
> 
> If BGPSEC+RPKI were deployed, there might be something active the
> RIRs could do.  However, this has its own implications regarding
> centralized control of the routing system (as discussed, ironically
> enough, in the RIPE region).  And this is going to get much more
> 'interesting' as the IPv4 free pool exhausts and the market moves
> from black to grey or white.  Fun times ahead.
> 
> Regards,
> -drc
> 
> 
>