[190284] in North American Network Operators' Group
IPv4 Legacy assignment frustration
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Spurling, Shannon)
Tue Jun 21 22:49:23 2016
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From: "Spurling, Shannon" <shannon@more.net>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 14:37:09 +0000
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I am not sure how many on the list are Legacy resource holders from before =
the RIR's were established, but there is an extremely short sighted securit=
y practice that is being used across the internet.
Apparently, the RIR that has been given "authority" for an IP prefix range =
that was a legacy assignment is being used as a geographical locator for th=
ose prefixes. For instance, we provide access for several /16's that are in=
the 150/8 prefix that was set as APNIC. I am aware of quite a few organiza=
tions in the US that have prefixes in that range. We have registered our le=
gacy resources with ARIN, but there are some people insist that somehow the=
state of Missouri must be part of China because... "APNIC!". They set fire=
walls and access rules based on that, and are hard pressed to not fix them.
Is there any way to raise awareness to this inconsistency so that security =
people will stop doing this?
Shannon Spurling
shannon@more.net
