[149380] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: [#135346] Unauthorized BGP Announcements (follow up to Hijacked
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Bonser)
Thu Feb 2 16:23:11 2012
From: George Bonser <gbonser@seven.com>
To: "ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net" <ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net>, "nanog@nanog.org"
<nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 21:22:04 +0000
In-Reply-To: <4F2ADCDC.4070400@nic-naa.net>
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> So, new law? I don't think its necessary.
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> YMMV,
> Eric
The problems are manifold. First of all, a nation's laws only extend to th=
e borders of that nation. The UN is not a government, it is a diplomatic b=
ody so it really can't enact anything either. The Internet community is gl=
obal and if we agree to a certain standard of behavior and consequences for=
violating that standard, we can police it ourselves just fine. The fundam=
ental problem is there is no absolute "source of truth" in who is entitled =
to use which resource. So there is little people can really do with any ce=
rtainty until such a place exists. What we need is a registry that we all =
agree is valid and agree to go by what it says and if you announce a route =
that belongs to someone else without their permission and you are made awar=
e of that fact and continue to announce the route, you are subject to havin=
g your traffic shunned until you are in compliance. That resource (the reg=
istry) should absolutely not be maintained by the UN or any government enti=
ty as that will make it unusable. It is something the community has the te=
chnology to do, it just requires the resources and the will to do it.
