Re: route: 0.0.0.0/32 in LEVEL3 IRR

[Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

> On Jan 31, 2024, at 23:19, Frank Habicht <geier () geier ne tz> wrote:
>
> On 01/02/2024 01:45, Tom Beecher wrote:
> > Seems a bit dramatic. Companies all over the world have been using other people's public IPs internally for decades. 
> > I worked at a place 20 odd years ago that had an odd numbering scheme internally, and it was someone else's public 
> > space. When I asked why, the guy who built it said "Well I just liked the pattern."
> > If you're not announcing someone else's space into the DFZ, or otherwise trying to do anything shady, the three 
> > letter agencies aren't likely to come knocking. Doesn't mean anyone SHOULD be doing it, but still.
>
> Well...
>
> If you're using 20.20.20.0/24 which is not "yours" (as I've seen happen), then certainly your customers can't get to 
> the real 20.20.20.x
> And even if that's not announced and used /today/ - this can change quickly...
>
> Frank

You are repeating exactly the argument I made at the time.

Owen