Public shaming list for ISPs announcing other ISPs IP space by mistake

Sat Aug 16 15:28:26 UTC 2008


>> 
>> janitor.
>> 
>> No really, the reason for some leaks isn't because so-and-so was
>> never a customer, they were.  5 years ago.  nobody removed the
>> routes from
>> the IRR or AS-SET or <insert method here> and now the route is
>> learned via
>> some other location and it's bypassed your perimiter security and
>> infiltrated your BGP.
> 
> I agree, how many of you folks that use IRRs have
> ever deleted an IRR object?  Heck, some ISPs even
> add them based on existence of advertised routes.
> 
> -danny
> 
Even better, how many have tried to get another provider to remove legacy
objects from days gone by when someone was adding objects on your behalf?  I
have objects that date back to 1998 that are completely bogus and I can't do
squat about it.

Mike