31 Mar
2011
31 Mar
'11
12:19 a.m.
Its also a procedure that does need some due diligence done on it, to avoid attacks where a SP's netblock is stolen when its actively routed rather than abandoned. On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Brandon Ross <bross@pobox.com> wrote:
What makes you think it was blind? The standard industry practice is to ask someone requesting to announce a route for a letter on the owner's letter head authorizing the announcement. Is it really that hard to invent some letterhead and sign a letter?
It's probably one of the easiest to circumvent "security" procedures ever.
Frankly it's a giant waste of time and does nothing other than frustrate legitimate work.
-- Suresh Ramasubramanian (ops.lists@gmail.com)