Re: ARIN space not accepted

[Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>]

On 12/03/2010 02:13 PM, Jack Bates wrote:
> On 12/3/2010 4:09 PM, Dustin Swinford wrote:
> > We have run into an issue with the 107.7.0.0/16 assigned to us several
> > months ago. It appears that many sites have not yet accepted this
> > space. I
> > understand this is not a normal type post to NANOG, but hoped to get the
> > word out to as many operators as possible. Does anyone know of a
> > better way
> > to get the word out to ask people to update their BOGONs/filters?
>
> The first takers in a space are hit the hardest. Rementioning here is
> important. Do a google search and find any pages still mentioning
> blocking the range. Contact them and ask them to update. Then you have
> to start the long list with others. it's recommended you setup a server
> with 2 IP addresses, one in the range, one outside the range, so that
> people can check against them both to verify that the problem is with
> the range itself. I've seen some networks that run automatic probes from
> both ranges and compare the results, automatically sending emails to
> whois contacts concerning the problem.

Is there much point to bogon filtering now? :)

Mike, likely ignorant