On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 10:11 AM, Chuck Church <chuckchu...@gmail.com> wrote: > -----Original Message----- >>From: Eric Krichbaum [mailto:e...@telic.us] >>Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 8:31 AM >>To: 'Chuck Church'; nanog@nanog.org >>Subject: RE: RADB entry > >>While not 100% accurate, it is very common. The origin being entered by a > provider as their own allows them to add the prefix (and have it accepted by > anyone who filters them >by prefix generated) without being forced to add a > downstream (and downstream's downstreams) AS to their AS-SET. In general, > if an entity does their own IRR somewhere, I'd >guess that the correct > AS-SET/etc. should be accepted easily and used. This is just a shortcut for > providers when a customer says "Add this prefix for me please". > >>Eric > > So if I understand how RADB works, ISPs can poll it frequently and update > their filters automatically (or semi-automatically). Is there risk of a > polling ISP's system seeing this data, and being confused by one ISP listing > the origin as the correct one, and the other ISP listing the origin as their > own? Can an upstream create a registration for us in RADB the correct way, > or does that require us having our own account on RADB? I'm guessing I'm > wondering what is the 'most correct' way?
http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/2000-06/msg00414.html that thread is likely of interest... > Thanks, > > Chuck > > >