[routing-wg] AS201640

Hi,

On Sun, Nov 09, 2014 at 11:48:36AM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:
> P.S.  I'm still a bit befuddled by what happened in this case.  Would it
> be a fair characterization to say that what AS201640 has done in this
> case is to exploit a kind of loophole which is uniquely present only
> when the hijacker/squatter AS is registered in one RiR and the IP blocks
> that are being hijacked/squatted are registered in a different RiR?

Yes.

> Also, could this scenario have been replicated if the origin AS had
> been registered in/by ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC, or AFRINIC, rather than
> RIPE?  

I'm not sure how the access control in other regions' IRR DBs work - but
at least ARIN's database is based on RIPE code, so "it might be".

> If so, then a proper sort of fix will necessarily involve all
> five RiRs, no?

Correct.  George Michaelson is from APNIC, so "they are aware", and I'm
fairly sure the other RIRs are being informed.

Gert Doering
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