[126269] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Securing the BGP or controlling it?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hank Nussbacher)
Mon May 10 15:56:58 2010
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 22:56:29 +0300 (IDT)
From: Hank Nussbacher <hank@efes.iucc.ac.il>
To: Thomas Magill <tmagill@providecommerce.com>
In-Reply-To: <FA2E47FFA50291418803D2E7C1DF07F30B2E172B@SDEXCL01.Proflowers.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Mon, 10 May 2010, Thomas Magill wrote:
> All of the major providers I have worked with have required proof of
> 'ownership' of address space or an LoA from the registered holder of
> that space before they would allow advertisements from me, which are
> then filtered. Is this not the norm? I can understand if they are
> talking about an operator making a mistake, but the article seems to
> imply that anyone running BGP can bring down the Internet... I think
> any competent provider can easily eliminate this threat from customers.
> Are there any types of penalties if an ISP is found to not be taking
> adequate precautions, other than the possible threat of losing business?
ROTFLMAO. Competent provider? Penalties? Threats? You made my day.
-Hank
