[routing-wg] request to enable ICMP echo-reply on rpki.ripe.net?

On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 12:52:51PM +0200, Kurt Kayser wrote:
> you surely know that every enabled protocol/port is a potential threat.

Sometimes disabling a protocol or port is a potential threat (because
hindering troubleshooting efforts harms network stability).

RIPE NCC is the only RIR that does not respond to ICMP Echo Requests on
their main RPKI service.

Kind regards,

Job

$ ping -c 1 rpki.afrinic.net
PING rpki.afrinic.net (196.216.2.26): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 196.216.2.26: icmp_seq=0 ttl=48 time=183.631 ms

--- rpki.afrinic.net ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 183.631/183.631/183.631/0.000 ms

$ ping -c 1 rpki.apnic.net
PING rpki.apnic.net (203.119.101.18): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 203.119.101.18: icmp_seq=0 ttl=240 time=315.433 ms

--- rpki.apnic.net ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 315.433/315.433/315.433/0.000 ms

$ ping -c 1 rpki.lacnic.net
PING rpki.lacnic.net (200.3.14.185): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 200.3.14.185: icmp_seq=0 ttl=49 time=204.922 ms

--- rpki.lacnic.net ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 204.922/204.922/204.922/0.000 ms

$ ping -c 1 rpki.arin.net
ping: Warning: rpki.arin.net has multiple addresses; using 199.71.0.150
PING rpki.arin.net (199.71.0.150): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 199.71.0.150: icmp_seq=0 ttl=51 time=152.630 ms

--- rpki.arin.net ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 152.630/152.630/152.630/0.000 ms