On 2017-12-27 15:50, William Herrin wrote:
Net 196/8 is part of the swamp. Just speculating, but perhaps the original registration of 196.53.96.0/22 <http://196.53.96.0/22> pre-dated the reassignment of 196/8 to AfriNIC?
Maybe? This snippet from WHOIS kind of nags at me, though: inetnum: 196.52.0.0 - 196.55.255.255 netname: LogicWeb-Inc descr: LogicWeb Inc. descr: 3003 Woodbridge Ave descr: Edison, NJ 08837 country: ZA Why South Africa if it's a legacy block? It looks like that stems from delegated-afrinic-extended, though: afrinic|ZA|ipv4|196.52.0.0|262144|19951009|allocated|F36E02F6 To your point, there are 42 entries dated 1995 in 196/8 -- 37 of them marked as ZA -- so maybe you're right that it's a relic of a bygone era. That relic might explain the uphill battle the OP has experienced, though -- Hulu (et al) might be using the RIRs' own data to populate their ACLs. And who can blame them? From my understanding, the video content owners often have restrictive requirements in their licensing agreements, which is also why Hulu can't just ask the users their locations (per Laszlo's email). Weird corner cases abound, but it sounds like someone dropped the ball on getting this corrected. Tsk. - Jima