Re: Proof of ownership; when someone demands you remove a prefix

[William Herrin <bill () herrin us>]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 10:23 AM, Sean Pedersen
<spedersen.lists () gmail com> wrote:
> In this case we defaulted to trusting our customer and their LOA over a stranger on the Internet and asked our 
> customer to review the request. Unfortunately, that doesn't necessarily mean a stranger on the Internet isn't the 
> actual assignee. A means to definitively prove "ownership" from a technical angle would be great.

Hi Sean,

There is a definitive technical means. It's called contact the POC
published in WHOIS by the RIR and ask. It isn't flawless and you don't
have to like it, but there it is.

If you contacted the POC and the POC replied stop, you stop. If the
POC was hijacked at the RIR, that's between your customer and the RIR.
The RIR has a standard process and an expert team for dealing with
these situations. It's their job.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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