Hijacked Network Ranges

Kelvin Williams kwilliams at altuscgi.com
Tue Jan 31 18:33:26 UTC 2012


We are.

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Chuck Church <chuckchurch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Shouldn't a forged LOA be justification to contact law enforcement?
>
> Chuck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelvin Williams [mailto:kwilliams at altuscgi.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 1:01 PM
> To: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: Hijacked Network Ranges
>
> Greetings all.
>
> We've been in a 12+ hour ordeal requesting that AS19181 (Cavecreek Internet
> Exchange) immediately filter out network blocks that are being advertised
> by
> ASAS33611 (SBJ Media, LLC) who provided to them a forged LOA.
>
> The routes for networks: 208.110.48.0/20, 63.246.112.0/20, and
> 68.66.112.0/20 are registered in various IRRs all as having an origin AS
> 11325 (ours), and are directly allocated to us.
>
> The malicious hijacking is being announced as /24s therefore making route
> selection pick them.
>
> Our customers and services have been impaired.  Does anyone have any
> contacts for anyone at Cavecreek that would actually take a look at ARINs
> WHOIS, and IRRs so the networks can be restored and our services back in
> operation?
>
> Additionally, does anyone have any suggestion for mitigating in the
> interim?
> Since we can't announce as /25s and IRRs are apparently a pipe dream.
>
> --
> Kelvin Williams
> Sr. Service Delivery Engineer
> Broadband & Carrier Services
> Altus Communications Group, Inc.
>
>
> "If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." --
> Abraham Maslow
>
>


-- 
Kelvin Williams
Sr. Service Delivery Engineer
Broadband & Carrier Services
Altus Communications Group, Inc.
Office - Direct: 404.682.2151
Office - Main: 404.682.2150
Mobile: 404.931.4888
Fax: 866.895.8557

"If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." --
Abraham Maslow



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