Hi, On Sun, Nov 09, 2014 at 11:48:36AM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > P.S. I'm still a bit befuddled by what happened in this case. Would it > be a fair characterization to say that what AS201640 has done in this > case is to exploit a kind of loophole which is uniquely present only > when the hijacker/squatter AS is registered in one RiR and the IP blocks > that are being hijacked/squatted are registered in a different RiR?
Yes.
> Also, could this scenario have been replicated if the origin AS had
> been registered in/by ARIN, APNIC, LACNIC, or AFRINIC, rather than
> RIPE?
I'm not sure how the access control in other regions' IRR DBs work - but
at least ARIN's database is based on RIPE code, so "it might be".
> If so, then a proper sort of fix will necessarily involve all
> five RiRs, no?
Correct. George Michaelson is from APNIC, so "they are aware", and I'm
fairly sure the other RIRs are being informed.
Gert Doering
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