[110679] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Anyone notice strange announcements for 174.128.31.0/24
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Abley)
Tue Jan 13 15:30:15 2009
From: Joe Abley <jabley@hopcount.ca>
To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
In-Reply-To: <20090113161248.GA64292@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:30:07 -0500
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On 13 Jan 2009, at 11:12, Leo Bicknell wrote:
> Loop detection kicks in only when there is a loop. You see your
> own ASN coming back to you.
>
> In the case we're discussing THERE IS NO LOOP. Someone is mis-using
> this feature to control the propagation of routes.
Surely controlling the propagation of routes is what loop avoidance is
all about.
> Were the victim
Heh, if only there was any sign of a victim.
Joe
