[135815] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Bogons
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Sat Jan 29 10:23:49 2011
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <20110129014139.GJ3684@hezmatt.org>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:23:02 -0500
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jan 28, 2011, at 8:41 PM, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 12:35:43PM -0800, Jacob Broussard wrote:
>> Static bogons are the bane of my existence... The pain of trying to =
explain
>> to someone for MONTHS that they haven't updated their reference, with
>> traceroutes to back it up, and they continue to say that it has =
something to
>> do with my network.
>=20
> THey're right -- your network is using an address range they've chosen =
to
> configure their equipment not to accept... <grin>
The RIRs have decided to hand out the "polluted" space to large =
providers to ensure the greatest damage to those who are too stupid to =
update their filters.
If you know anyone who runs a network, tell them to remove their static =
bogon filters today. Seriously.
--=20
TTFN,
patrick
