The in-your-face hijacking example, was: Re: Who is announcing bogons?

Wed Apr 30 07:26:47 UTC 2003

At 06:09 AM 30-04-03 +0000, Christopher L. Morrow wrote:

>That may be true, but what does a provider do when they are presented with
>written 'authority to use address space' from a customer? Certianly if the
>customer provides 'proper' documentation that the ip space is available
>for them to route, and that they have authority from the 'owner' to do
>this... what is an ISP to do? Aside from route the blocks?

A very valid question and one that all too few ISPs handle.  How many ISPs 
have as part of their implementation/provisioning process an item called 
"check IP address space against IRRs"?

I would suggest that written proof of ownership is not enough and that part 
of the legal framework each ISP has customers complete that it state 
something to the effect "IP address space and ASNs announced by the 
customer must be properly registered in one of the online IRRs such as 
ARIN, RADB, APNIC or RIPE and must reflect the name of the organization 
placing the request."

-Hank