Tell me about AS19111

Fri Feb 7 01:23:44 UTC 2020

Just imagine how good we would all feel if we came together as a 
community and really did do what Ron suggests below? I would do anything 
to be part of something like that...

On 2/5/2020 11:39 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> For all of the people who have elected to pick on me for my less
> that diplomatic assertion(s), I can only suggest that your time and
> effort would be more well spent by looking at the hard data that
> I suggested that everyone look at, and then looking to see if any of
> the bogus ASNs being used, day in and day out, are being peered
> with by your own upstreams, and if so, composing an appropriately
> diplomatic email to said upstreams, asking them why they are peering
> with bogon ASN(s).
> 
> I do not feel that it is a stretch to say that all of this use of
> bogon ASNs is arguably even more shameful than the widespread lack
> of adherence to BCP 38, owing to the ease with which it may be seen
> and documented.  It represents yet another, and equally or perhaps
> even more egregious violation of Internet norms which endangers us
> all, and all of our customers, every bit as much as the widespread
> and inexcusable failures to conform to BCP 38.
> 
> The Internet needs to grow up.  This isn't a little government funded
> science experiment anymore.  We have a whole planet's full of end users
> watching now, and history will not be kind to those who continue to
> shirk their responsibilities to the common man in the interests of
> lining their own pockets in the short term.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> rfg
> 