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Re: Acquiring unused IP range. Some questions


From: Tony Tauber <ttauber () 1-4-5 net>
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2016 11:18:09 -0500

It would be helpful also if the whois record is updated with the Origin AS
listed.
See ARIN's post on the topic: https://www.arin.net/resources/originas.html

Tony

On Fri, Dec 2, 2016 at 10:08 PM, Faisal Imtiaz <faisal () snappytelecom net>
wrote:

My question is, what do they and we need to do to accomplish that in
the proper way, so that the internet at large would accept the
advertisement
from a different ASN,

The internet in terms of IP Prefix advertisements is a 'Trust' based
system.


and not view as some sort of hijacking, etc.

The difference between Hijacking vs a valid advertisement is the simple
LOA document a.k.a having permission to do so..


 I am guessing they may need to update some RADB or something like that,
but i’ll be
honest my knowledge of how those things work and their complete function
is
pretty slim.


Only if you are using it for yourself or if your upstream is using it to
create their prefix Filter lists.
RADB is not the only RRDB provider, ARIN also provides this service

This would be a short term thing as we expect the purchase process to
complete
pretty quickly, but it would be advantageous to us to be able to
advertise the
space immediately.  We just want to make sure we start off on the right
foot.


All you need is permission from the IP block owner (LOA) and the
appropriate upstream filters to be setup or opened.
Which could be a manual process (provide them a copy of the LOA) or could
be a 'Trust' based using RRDB Record which someone has to create and update.

Best of luck.

Faisal Imtiaz
Snappy Internet & Telecom


----- Original Message -----
From: "William McLendon" <wimclend () gmail com>
To: "nanog list" <nanog () nanog org>
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 5:43:57 PM
Subject: Acquiring unused IP range.  Some questions

Hi everyone,

we are about to acquire a block of IP’s from another organization that
has
unused space, and being fairly new to these procedures, I was hoping for
some
guidance.

We have already been pre-approved by ARIN for the block size we are
acquiring,
and finalizing the deal with the current owner of the address space.
First
question is, once they initiate the transfer request to transfer the IP
range
to us, how long does that typically take for ARIN to complete?

Secondly, our relationship with the IP block owner is a very good one,
such that
I think they would be ok with us advertising this block before we
technically
own it.  My question is, what do they and we need to do to accomplish
that in
the proper way, so that the internet at large would accept the
advertisement
from a different ASN, and not view as some sort of hijacking, etc.  I am
guessing they may need to update some RADB or something like that, but
i’ll be
honest my knowledge of how those things work and their complete function
is
pretty slim.

This would be a short term thing as we expect the purchase process to
complete
pretty quickly, but it would be advantageous to us to be able to
advertise the
space immediately.  We just want to make sure we start off on the right
foot.


Thanks,

Will



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