Re: APNIC description: "unknown"

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

Interesting... "The Leadig Provider in Dhaka" is using hijacked addresses.

Owen

On Jan 31, 2011, at 8:00 PM, Richard Barnes wrote:

> Some times they're not so anonymous  :)
>
> 122.200.40.0/21      38272     >>UNKNOWN<<
>
> <http://122.200.40.5/>
>
> "Sonargaon Online Limited(SOL) is the leading Internet Service
> Provider in Dhaka"
>
> <http://122.200.40.5/pages/contact_us.htm>
>
> "
> 40/1, Rahman Plaza
>
> Shahid Faruk Road (4th Floor)
>
> Jatrabari, Dhaka
>
> Bangladesh
>
> Tel : 88-02-7553432
>
> E-mail : info () sonargaononline net
> "
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Owen DeLong <owen () delong com> wrote:
> > On Jan 31, 2011, at 6:32 PM, Vovan wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > sorry for possibly trite question, but what does this ">>UNKNOWN<<" mean? e.g.:
> > >
> > > > Network            Origin AS  Description
> > > > 41.222.79.0/24       36938     >>UNKNOWN<<
> > >
> > > quote from: http://thyme.rand.apnic.net/current/data-add-IANA
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Vladimir
> >
> > It's an unallocated address being advertised by an unallocated AS number.
> >
> > Pretty hard to identify a contact for such a route, no?
> >
> > Owen