[nsp-sec] ARIN-REACHABILITY-TESTING

[Bill Owens]

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 09:14:40AM +0200, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
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> I had sent to Randy:
> "I don't know who is trying to hijack this block or why."
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> His reply was:
> "no one is.  new experiment."

Hmm. Unannounced advertisements using faked AS numbers in the origin strikes me as the sort of 'experiment' that Randy would decry if he just heard about it on NANOG, and certainly I have one customer who isn't particularly happy with this behavior. I can't say that I am either, on principle. 

But given that Randy isn't exactly my drinking buddy I don't know that he would react well to me complaining about it. I can try, but is anybody with more influence over him willing to try to explain the reasons why this might be seen as alarming and unwelcome in the community?

Bill.
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Bill Owens
Director, Advanced Technology and Networks
NYSERNet, Inc.