[93113] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: register.com down sev0? - More information
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles Gucker)
Thu Oct 26 19:07:28 2006
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:06:32 -0400
From: "Charles Gucker" <cgucker@onesc.net>
To: Don <don@calis.blacksun.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20061026083401.B81218@calis.blacksun.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> 5. AT&T (at least when I've dealt with them in their datacenters) does not
> support BGP community strings for null routing (or any strings for that
> matter :) Think about that for a second. To stop an attack Register.com
> would need to call AT&T and request a filter/null route. Since AT&T
> operations is based in Singapore (again this was last time I dealt with
> them) I'm sure getting those filters/routes in probably doesn't happen
> nearly fast enough. I have heard that AT&T is currently in the process of
> setting up communities- maybe someone who knows more could comment.
Well, this is not exactly true. AT&T does support BGP communities,
although their communities aren't all that powerful, IMO. To my
knowledge, you are correct when you say that they do not support any
null-routing capabilities. I would love to find out the procedure
and string required to request/implement null routing via a community.
For those who would like to see AT&T's official guide, it can be found at:
http://www.onesc.net/communities/as7018
charles
