16 Aug
2008
16 Aug
'08
11:28 a.m.
janitor.
No really, the reason for some leaks isn't because so-and-so was never a customer, they were. 5 years ago. nobody removed the routes from the IRR or AS-SET or <insert method here> and now the route is learned via some other location and it's bypassed your perimiter security and infiltrated your BGP.
I agree, how many of you folks that use IRRs have ever deleted an IRR object? Heck, some ISPs even add them based on existence of advertised routes.
-danny
Even better, how many have tried to get another provider to remove legacy objects from days gone by when someone was adding objects on your behalf? I have objects that date back to 1998 that are completely bogus and I can't do squat about it. Mike