Curious, What was the outcome of this? In any case, I'm hoping the major Tier-1s do the right thing and filter the rogue annoucements, while allowing the OP's. Hopefully after enough pressure and dysfunction, they will give it up.
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 6:15 PM, David Conrad <d...@virtualized.org> wrote: > > I hope none of you ever get hijacked by a spammer housed at Phoenix NAP. > :) > > In the dim past, I had a somewhat similar situation: > > - A largish (national telco of a small country) ISP started announcing > address space a customer of theirs provided. Unfortunately, the address > space wasn't the ISP's customer's to provide. > - When the ISP was notified by both their RIR and the organization to > which the address space was rightfully delegated, the ISP's response was: > > "We have a contractual relationship with our customer to announce that > space. We have neither a contractual relationship (in this context) with > the RIR nor the RIR's customer. The RIR and/or the RIR's customer should > resolve this issue with our customer." > > It as an eye-opening experience. > > Regards, > -drc > > On Jan 31, 2012, at 4:49 PM, Kelvin Williams wrote: > > > > > We're still not out of the woods, announcing /24s and working with upper > > tier carriers to filter out our lists. However, I just got this response > > from Phoenix NAP and found it funny. The "thief" is a former customer, > > whom we terminated their agreement with. They then forged an LOA, > > submitted it to CWIE.net and Phoenix NAP and resumed using space above > and > > beyond their terminated agreement. So now any request for assistance to > > stop our networks from being announced is now responded to with an > > instruction to contact the thief's lawyer. > > > > kw > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Kelvin Williams <kwilli...@altuscgi.com> > > Date: Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:43 PM > > Subject: Re: [#135346] Unauthorized BGP Announcements > > To: n...@phoenixnap.com > > > > > > We'll be forwarding this to our peers in the industry--rather funny that > > Phoenix NAP would rather send us to the attorney of the people stealing > our > > space than bothering to perform an ARIN WHOIS search, or querying any of > > the IRRs. > > > > Interesting... Very interesting... So, who all do you have > > there--spammers and child pornographers? Is this level of protection > what > > you give to them all? > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Brandon S <brand...@phoenixnap.com> > wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> Thank you for your email. Please direct any further questions regarding > >> this issue to the following contact. > >> > >> Bennet Kelley > >> 100 Wilshire Blvd. > >> Suite 950 > >> Santa Monica, CA 90401 > >> bkel...@internetlawcenter.net > >> > >> Telephone > >> 310-452-0401 > >> > >> Facsimile > >> 702-924-8740 > >> > >> -- > >> Brandon S. > >> NOC Services Technician > >> > >> ** We want to hear from you!** > >> We care about the quality of our service. If you’ve received > >> anything less than a prompt response or exceptional service or would > like > >> to share any > >> feedback regarding your experience, please let us know by sending an > email > >> to management: > >> supportfeedb...@phoenixnap.com > >> > >> -- > > Kelvin Williams > > Sr. Service Delivery Engineer > > Broadband & Carrier Services > > Altus Communications Group, Inc. > > > > > > "If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail." -- > > Abraham Maslow > > >
