On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 11:54:17AM +0300, Joe Abley wrote:
>
> On 2011-05-05, at 11:46, bmann...@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
>
> > On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 10:23:12PM -0500, Yaoqing(Joey) Liu wrote:
> >> 198.32.64.0/24
> >> AS4555:ASName: EP0-BLK-ASNBLOCK-5;OrgName:Almond Oil Process, LLC.
> >> AS9584:as-name:GENESIS-AP|descr:Diyixian.com Limited|country:HK
> >> AS20144:ASName: L-ROOT;Comment:distributed using Anycast.
> >> AS42909: as-name: COMMUNITYDNS;descr: Internet
> >> Computer Bureau Ltd
> >
> > according to Filip, this is -NOT- supposed to be
> > anycast. the only legal origin ASN is 4555.
> >
> > these other ASNs have hijacked the prefix.
>
> The source data above may be old, or simply wrong -- I don't see *any* AS
> originating that prefix right now, and I can confirm specifically AS20144 is
> not configured to originate it.
>
> Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the original question, but the assertion that
> anybody is hijacking that particular prefix seems false.
>
>
> Joe
back in the olden days, this prefix was in active use and for a period
of time was anycast.
methinks Joey was refering to routing -today-...
one might ask the question, how can you tell when an un-authorized
party originates routes
(yours), from your ASN - their router of course....
/bill
