LoA (Letter of Authorization) for Prefix Filter Modification?

Sat Sep 20 23:56:57 UTC 2008

On 9/19/08 5:53 PM, "seph" <seph at directionless.org> wrote:

> Stephen Sprunk <stephen at sprunk.org> writes:
> 
>> Azinger, Marla wrote:
>>> I use RWHOIS for proof of who we assign and allocate address space to.
>>> 
>> 
>> How is _you_ showing information in an RWHOIS server that _you_
>> control in any way proving that the holder of a address block is
>> authorizing _you_ to advertise it on their behalf?
> 
> At least in my case, it's not *my* rwhois server. My first ISP lists me
> as the owner/user/whatever in *their* rwhois server, and my second ISP
> considers that authoritative.
> 
Wouldn't it be interesting if every service provider would query the RIR's
to find out who owns the block and then do some due diligence to make sure
the block is being advertised by the right person.

Mike