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 <br...@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.li...@gmail.com)
