Strange entries from AS1 in global table

Thu Aug 8 14:46:18 UTC 2013

Level 3 currently uses AS 1 in their MPLS network. I'm unsure if it's used elsewhere, but AS 1 could get into the AS paths of prefixes in the global routing table this way. I wouldn't expect to see it originating routes outside of the WAN interface for customers though and those are typically way too small to make it into the global routing table.

-Vinny

-----Original Message-----
From: Humberto Galiza [mailto:humbertogaliza at gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2013 6:25 AM
To: Anurag Bhatia
Cc: NANOG Mailing List
Subject: Re: Strange entries from AS1 in global table

Looking at our routers I can see this:
3549 3356 26114 1 i
12956 1239 23520 23383 1 ?

but neither 26114 or 23383 are Brazilian ISP´s. Anyway, I guess it´s
probably leaked routes or even use of AS 1 as private one (I don´t
think level3 guys are using this AS anymore...).

Cheers,
Humberto Galiza

2013/8/4 Anurag Bhatia <me at anuragbhatia.com>:
> Hello everyone
>
>
> I was looking at global IPv4 table and saw some strange entries from AS1.
> As per ARIN whois AS1 seems to be with Level3 but I noticed few prefixes of
> Brazil based ISP - Netvip
>
>
> http://bgp.he.net/AS1#_prefixes
>
>
>
> Looking at any prefix in detail, it seems like there are multiple ASNs
> announcing same prefix.
>
> E.g 177.185.96.0/24 - is being announced by AS1 as well as AS52931
> (Netvip's allocated ASN). Same is true with 177.185.98.0/24,
> 177.185.98.0/24and so on.
> http://bgp.he.net/net/177.185.96.0/24
>
> So seems like AS1 acting like a mirror for all announcements of AS52931. To
> see who exactly gave "transit" to AS1 by Netvip in Brazil, I checked Oregon
> and noticed these routes:
>
> 3356 3549 16735 52931 1 i
>
>
>
> Seems like AS52931 itself is acting as transit for AS1 (and AS16735 which
> seems like a backbone ISP in Brazil) is not filtering these routes further
> passing to Level3 (AS3549+AS3356).
>
>
>
> I am curious to know what could be possible reason for an ASN like AS1
> acting in exact mirror of AS52931? Could it be a case of internal use of
> AS1 (assuming it to be private ASN)? May be it's a case of leaked internal
> routes?
>
>
>
> Appreciate your time & answer.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
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