Re: Announcement of Experiments

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

> If, for any reason, you want to opt out from us using your ASN for our
> experiments, you can do so in the following form before May 9:
>
> https://forms.gle/ZvZaodndPhCqMvR89

If I am interpreting this correctly that you are just going to yolo a bunch
of random ASNs to poison paths with, perhaps you should consider getting
explicit permission for the ASNs you want to use instead.

A lot of operators monitor the DFZ for prefixes with their ASN in the path,
and wouldn't appreciate random support tickets because their NOC got some
alert. :)

On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 10:02 AM Alexandros Milolidakis <amilolid () gmail com>
wrote:

> Hi NANOG,
>
> We are a group of researchers from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology
> (Sweden).
>
> Starting from May 9 until May 31, we plan to conduct a research study
> involving AS-PATH poisoning to measure how reliable route collectors are to
> report BGP poisoned routes.
>
> We will use the PEERING Testbed [1] to announce the following two prefixes:
>
>  - 184.164.236.0/24
>
>  - 184.164.237.0/24
>
> for our AS-path poisoning experiments.
>
> The above experimental prefixes do not host any production services, hence
> user traffic will *not* be affected.
>
> Furthermore, we will always start the AS-PATH with the correct ASN as the
> origin.
>
> Lastly, to keep the AS-PATH short, we will announce no more than four
> Poisoned ASNs per announcement. The frequency of the announcements will not
> exceed four per hour.
>
> If, for any reason, you want to opt out from us using your ASN for our
> experiments, you can do so in the following form before May 9:
>
> https://forms.gle/ZvZaodndPhCqMvR89
>
> I remain at your disposal for any questions.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Alexandros
>
> [1] https://peering.ee.columbia.edu/