On behalf of the community, if I may be so bold (and I'm sure others will speak up if they disagree), thank you for the notice of this experiment.
Also, thank you for doing the research. -- TTFN, patrick On Aug 18, 2011, at 19:32, Ethan Katz-Bassett <et...@cs.washington.edu> wrote: > Hi NANOG, > > > From August 24 to October 4, the University of Washington and Georgia Tech > will conduct an Internet routing study using AS-PATH poisoning. The study > will *only* affect the Georgia Tech experimental prefix > 184.164.224.0/19(and its sub-prefixes). The prefix serves *no active > users/services* so the > study should not affect any production prefixes or users. We plan to insert > AS numbers into our announcements to route around some networks. We will > always start AS-PATHs with our own ASN 47065. We will limit ourselves to at > most 10 announcement changes per hour (and generally will change the > announcement for a given sub-prefix at most every 90 minutes). > > > This experiment is almost identical to one that Georgia Tech conducted in > June and July without problems or complaints > (http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2011-June/037527.html), so we do > not anticipate any issues. Others have done similar studies in the past > (e.g., Randy Bush et al.: > http://www.psg.com/~olaf/measurements/as3130/visibility.pdf<http://www.google.com/url?sa=D&q=http://www.psg.com/~olaf/measurements/as3130/visibility.pdf>). > If, for any reason, you want us not to include your ASN in announcements for > our prefix, please opt-out at any time before August 24 at: > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9P2TD7T . A few ASes opted out of the > previous Georgia Tech study, and we will continue to honor those opt-outs. > > > Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions. > > > Cheers, > > Ethan Katz-Bassett > > http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/ethan/ > > University of Washington >