[176476] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Low-numbered ASes being hijacked? [Re: BGP Update Report]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Sun Nov 30 15:37:48 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 15:37:34 -0500 (EST)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <20141130194329.GA24727@gweep.net>
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Provo" <nanog-post@rsuc.gweep.net>
> On Mon, Dec 01, 2014 at 12:53:07AM +0900, Paul S. wrote:
> > Do these people never check what exactly they end up originating
> > outbound due to a config change, if that's really the case?
>
> Of course not because their neighbors are allowing it to
> pass; so as with all hijacks, deaggregation, and other
> unfiltered noise, the only care is traffic going in and
> out. QA (let alone automated sanity checks) are alien
> concepts to many, and "well it works" is the answer from
> some when contacted.
That's sort of the BGP equivalent to BCP38 filtering, isn't it?
Cheers,
-- jra
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