[16564] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SMURF amplifier page
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex Bligh)
Mon May 4 11:28:53 1998
From: Alex Bligh <amb@gxn.net>
To: Chris Fletcher <chris@ripe.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 04 May 1998 11:58:46 +0200."
<13645372067301117200111836490@kantoor.ripe.net>
Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 16:17:43 +0100
Chris,
>
> If you want to contact the operators of these networks please read the
> objects carefully. In the ARIN database address space allocated by
> other regional registries (RIPE NCC in Europe & APNIC in Asia/Pacific)
Yep - being in Europe I am aware of this :-P
> Alex Bligh writes
> > Would it be possible to take the amplifier list and publish an abbreviated
> > version sorted by origin AS (will need a BGP lookup).
>
> This information is also available from the (various) routing
> registries. See the 'route:' object above.
The trouble is I suspect there is a high correlation between those
people who have not yet employed "no ip directed broadcast" and those
who have non-existant or incorrect route entries. Also some large NSPs
don't register route entries (Sprint being a good example).
--
Alex Bligh
GX Networks (formerly Xara Networks)
