[#135346] Unauthorized BGP Announcements (follow up to Hijacked Networks)

Thu Feb 2 08:12:20 UTC 2012

On Wed, 1 Feb 2012, Jimmy Hess wrote:
> What the internet really needs is  Tier1 and Tier2 providers participating
> in the internet who  "care", regardless of the popularity or size of
> netblocks or issues involved.   And by "care", I mean,  providers
> efficiently investigating reports of hijacking or rogue announcement,  and
> taking switft responsible actions, without  bureaucratic processes
> requiring   years   and reams of paperwork, or any attempt to shrug off
> responsibility they have as intermediary.

caring doesn't make money. terminating abusive customers is lost revenue.

what needs to happen is retaining abusive customers needs to be more 
expensive than letting them go.

-Dan