But isn't this what nanog is for? It appears to be more on-topic than the email threads. More E than S. Fred Reimer, CISSP, CCNP, CQS-VPN, CQS-ISS Senior Network Engineer Coleman Technologies, Inc. 954-298-1697
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of michael.dillon@bt.com Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 9:51 AM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: RE: Calling TeliaSonera - time to implement prefix filtering
aut-num: AS29049 and *of course* they don't own 62.0.0.0/8.
Own!?
I think he was saying that Delta Telecom don't *own* 62.0.0.0/8 and therefore shouldn't be advertising it. Following that Telia shouldn't be accepting the route and then re-announcing it to peers ...
Of course! ... /8? ... Azerbaijan? ... What was I thinking?...
Still, it would be better to contact the upstream directly and work back through the peering chain because this kind of thing is usually a result of education deficit, not malice.
--Michael Dillon