/24's run amuck?

Tue Feb 6 21:24:45 UTC 2001

> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 16:10:28 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
> From: Alex Rubenstein <alex at nac.net>
> Sender: owner-nanog at merit.edu
> 
> ARIN: What about people who use AS's that aren't assigned to them?

ARIN is only responsible for the Americas and, maybe, parts of
Africa. Lots of ASes are not in ARIN. Try RIPE and APNIC for more
complete information. Or try the IRR. In this case, both APNIC and the
IRR show this AS.

aut-num:       AS1221
as-name:       ASN-TELSTRA
descr:         Telstra Pty Ltd
               Locked Bag No. 5744
               GPO, Canberra, ACT, 2601
admin-c:       GH105-AP
tech-c:        DW187-AP
remarks:       AS assigned by the former InterNIC
remarks:       Object automatically converted from the APNIC(RIPE181) registry
mnt-by:        MAINT-AS1221
changed:       hostmaster at apnic.net 20000131
changed:       auto-rpsl at rpsl.apnic.net 20001213
source:        APNIC

> 
> Community: Should one filter these announcements?
> 
Why?

> Exodus: Don't you care?

Why should they?

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: oberman at es.net			Phone: +1 510 486-8634