On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 06:45:10 -0400, Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com> wrote:
It's not so much a matter of whether ARIN cares or whether ARIN wants to do something about your issue. It's more a matter of whether ARIN is empowered to do anything at all about your issue.
EXACTLY. Ron, what exactly do you expect ARIN to do? Where is the magic wand one would wave to erase routes from the internet? ARIN (in fact NO ONE) has no actual means to block or recend any route announcement. Do you suggest they sue whomever is involved? That won't be very fast, or even an option outside the US. The only reason this sort of shit happens is because of bad network operators who allow it and participate in it. Responsible operators ask for and verify one's rights to address space before accepting it. (AS path and prefix filtering can only go so far.) --Ricky