[157909] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "authority" to route?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Abley)
Wed Nov 14 17:41:17 2012
From: Joe Abley <jabley@hopcount.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20121112194346.GE28511@reptiles.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 17:40:56 -0500
To: Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 2012-11-12, at 14:43, Jim Mercer <jim@reptiles.org> wrote:
> Is there a common practice of providers to vet / validate requests to =
advertise
> blocks?
Yes, most providers whose customers request a particular route to be =
pointed towards them will ask for ambiguous instructions, written on =
letterhead with crayon, and signed illegibly by someone who may or may =
not have authority to do so but who in any case cannot be identified =
clearly by their scrawl.
Ideally the letterhead should be crudely constructed in photoshop and =
then faxed across a noisy analogue line.
Once you have one of those babies in your file, no lawyer can touch you.
Joe
