I have to disagree. SWIP is not meaningless. In my company some functions related to sending a SWIP are automated, but my company has people on staff who know that it is happening and what it means. And I talk with plenty of other companies that fall into the same boat. In short I find this one comment below to be argumentive and full of conjecture. Regards Marla Azinger Frontier Communications -----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of michael.dillon@bt.com Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 1:39 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: RE: Abuse procedures... Reality Checks
I would have to respectfully disagree with you. When network operators do due diligence and SWIP their sub-allocations, they (the sub-allocations) should be authoritative in regards to things like RBLs.
How do you tell when they have actually done "due diligence". Existence of a SWIP record is essentially meaningless in this day and age. Many people do them automatically and there may well be nobody left on staff who knows that this is happening or what it all means. --Michael Dillon