Re: not rewriting next-hop, pointing default, ...

[Scott Huddle <huddle () mci net>]

I hate when contact numbers are disconnected.  Does anyone have a good
contact for MAI.net?

-scott

huddle@new6% whois -h rs.internic.net mai.net
MAI Network Services (MAI3-DOM)
   8200 Greensboro Drive
   Suite 1400
   McLean, VA 22102

   Domain Name: MAI.NET

   Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
      Bono, Vincent J. [1LT]  (VB14)  vbono () MAI NET
      703-734-8602 1-800-918-0524 (FAX) 1-703-506-1436

   Record last updated on 04-Jun-96.
   Record created on 28-Jun-95.
   Database last updated on 10-Sep-97 04:58:14 EDT.

   Domain servers in listed order:

   NS1.MAI.NET                  204.152.42.33
   NS2.MAI.NET                  204.152.42.12


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Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote
> a senior engineer at a well-known provider just pointed out to us that
> a weenie provider at mae-east was
>   o not rewriting next-hop
>   o sending our routes to others
>   o sending others' routes to us
>   o likely pointing default at us
>
> their noc phone was answered by a modem.  we suspended peering with them and
> wrote to their noc.  we got back a snotty message.  we have ceased peering
> with them.
>
> we installed packet filters.  our traffic on the east fddi dropped
> noticeably.
>
> when the larger providers decline to peer with the smaller, there is a sad
> reason.  traceroute -g is your friend.
>
> randy