Re: Prefix hijacking by Michael Lindsay via Internap

[Arturo Servin <arturo.servin () gmail com>]

        What I understand is that he is clamming that the registration of this prefix was hijacked from him.

        But honestly I do not what the problem is. Any how, it won't be solved here.

Regards,
/as

        

On 21 Aug 2011, at 02:25, David Conrad wrote:

> On Aug 20, 2011, at 6:01 PM, Arturo Servin wrote:
> >      If you are claiming right over these prefixes I suggest you to contact RIPE NCC.
>
> And that will do what exactly?
>
> Back when I worked at an RIR, a prefix was "misplaced".  When I contacted the (country monopoly PTT) ISP and told 
> them the prefix had been removed from APNIC's database and should not be routed.  Their response was "We have a 
> contract with the customer for connectivity.  We do not have a contract with you." and I was encouraged to get the 
> customer to voluntarily withdraw the prefix.
>
> If BGPSEC+RPKI were deployed, there might be something active the RIRs could do.  However, this has its own 
> implications regarding centralized control of the routing system (as discussed, ironically enough, in the RIPE 
> region).  And this is going to get much more 'interesting' as the IPv4 free pool exhausts and the market moves from 
> black to grey or white.  Fun times ahead.
>
> Regards,
> -drc