No, they were announcing less specific BGP prefixes. So they only got traffic 
for legitimate blocks when there was an interruption in the announcement of the 
more specific. 

Scott

> On Mar 28, 2014, at 9:57 AM, Bill Buhler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> So if my understanding is correct, they basically performed a routing man in 
> the middle attack on live IPv6 prefixes. Pardon my understanding level, but 
> how did they keep from creating routing loops and service interruptions. I’m 
> also a little concerned about performance and link loads. Are my concerns 
> legitimate and inline?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> --Bill
>  
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
> Behalf Of CJ Aronson
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 10:54 AM
> To: David Huberman
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2014-12: Anti-hijack Policy
>  
> I read some more of that article I sent.  They specifically state that they 
> had LOAs from the RIRs to do these /12 advertisements. 
>  
> Thanks!
> -----Cathy
>  
> 
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 4:49 PM, CJ Aronson <[email protected]> wrote:
> There is a paper here
> http://www.merit.edu/research/pdf/2013/ipv6_darknet_paper_r6098.pdf
>  
> that says
> "We announced the prefixes: 2400::/12, 2600::/12, 2800::/12, 2c00::/12, 
> 2a08::/13, and 2a04::/14 for over a three-month period. For a few days, we 
> also announced RIPE’s 2a00::/12"
> So I believe that the answer to your question is yes.
> 
> -----Cathy
> 
>  
> 
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 4:32 PM, David Huberman 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> David:
> 
> That summary of the issue helps a lot, thank you!
> 
> The question on my mind is:
>         Did ARIN provide a written LOA to Merit to announce 2600::/12 ?
> 
> David R Huberman
> Microsoft Corporation
> Senior IT/OPS Program Manager (GFS)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Farmer [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:43 AM
> To: David Huberman; [email protected]
> Cc: David Farmer
> Subject: Re: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2014-12: Anti-hijack Policy
> 
> I'm the primary shepherd for this Draft;
> 
> The author is Heather Schiller, and I'm only saying that because I'm going to 
> reference you to her comments at the mic at the last NANOG.
> 
> The research that prompted the proposal was presented at the last NANOG in 
> Atlanta and is at the following link;
> 
> https://www.nanog.org/meetings/abstract?id=2289
> 
> Heather's comments begins at about time stamp 17:10 or so on the video of the 
> NANOG presentation, and there are a couple other comments as well.
> 
> Additionally, the reference for the published paper for the research in 
> question is;
> 
> http://www.merit.edu/research/pdf/2013/ipv6_darknet_paper_r6098.pdf
> 
> Also related is; ACSP SUGGESTION 2014.3: PUBLISH INFORMATION AND SUPPORTING 
> DOCUMENTS FOR EXPERIMENTAL ALLOCATIONS
> 
> https://www.arin.net/participate/acsp/suggestions/2014-3.html
> 
> [Shepherd hat - OFF]
> 
> While I do not have a problem with this research and I don't think we should 
> restrict future such activities, I believe this is something the community 
> should discuss in detail and try to come to consensus on, one way or the 
> other.
> 
> Also, while I disagree with the proposed policy text, what is proposed is not 
> without precedent.  As discussed in the NANOG presentation, RIPE initially 
> gave permission for a covering prefix for its whole /12 and then it was 
> modified to a covering prefixes of a /14 plus a /13, excluding the space 
> where most allocations were.  This significantly reduced the amount of 
> traffic for RIPE region and they were excluded from the analysis.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> On 3/26/14, 21:55 , David Huberman wrote:
> > Hi PPML,
> >
> > Can someone show me where in the mailing list archives this policy was 
> > actively discussed on PPML? I can't find it.
> >
> > Alternatively, can the policy author or someone who strongly supports this 
> > policy please either post to the list or email me privately and clue me in? 
> >  I issued and managed almost every experimental assignment for almost 10 
> > years from 2003 to 2013, and I am lost as to what this policy is saying.  I 
> > would like to be educated so I can support, or not support, the efforts 
> > that have been made here.
> >
> > Thank you!
> > /david
> >
> > David R Huberman
> > Microsoft Corporation
> > Senior IT/OPS Program Manager (GFS)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> > On Behalf Of ARIN
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 11:28 AM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [arin-ppml] Draft Policy ARIN-2014-12: Anti-hijack Policy
> >
> > On 20 March 2014 the ARIN Advisory Council (AC) accepted
> > "ARIN-prop-202 Anti-hijack Policy" as a Draft Policy.
> >
> > Draft Policy ARIN-2014-12 is below and can be found at:
> > https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/2014_12.html
> >
> > You are encouraged to discuss the merits and your concerns of Draft Policy 
> > 2014-12 on the Public Policy Mailing List.
> >
> > The AC will evaluate the discussion in order to assess the conformance of 
> > this draft policy with ARIN's Principles of Internet Number Resource Policy 
> > as stated in the PDP. Specifically, these principles are:
> >
> >     * Enabling Fair and Impartial Number Resource Administration
> >     * Technically Sound
> >     * Supported by the Community
> >
> > The ARIN Policy Development Process (PDP) can be found at:
> > https://www.arin.net/policy/pdp.html
> >
> > Draft Policies and Proposals under discussion can be found at:
> > https://www.arin.net/policy/proposals/index.html
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Communications and Member Services
> > American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
> >
> >
> > ## * ##
> >
> >
> > Draft Policy ARIN-2014-12
> > Anti-hijack Policy
> >
> > Date: 25 March 2014
> >
> > Problem Statement:
> >
> > ARIN should not give research organizations permission to hijack prefixes 
> > that have already been allocated. Research organizations announcing lit 
> > aggregates may receive sensitive production traffic belonging to live 
> > networks during periods of instability.
> >
> > Section 11.7 describes more than allocation size therefore updating the 
> > section heading to something more accurate is appropriate.
> >
> > Policy statement:
> >
> > Modify the section 11.7 heading to be more accurate. Modify the first 
> > sentence to prohibit overlapping assignments. Add text at the end to define 
> > how research allocations should be designated and prohibit LOA's without 
> > allocations.
> >
> > 11.7 Resource Allocation Guidelines
> >
> > The Numbering Resources requested come from the global Internet Resource 
> > space, do not overlap previously assigned space, and are not from private 
> > or other non-routable Internet Resource space. The allocation size should 
> > be consistent with the existing ARIN minimum allocation sizes, unless small 
> > allocations are intended to be explicitly part of the experiment. If an 
> > organization requires more resource than stipulated by the minimum 
> > allocation sizes in force at the time of their request, their experimental 
> > documentation should have clearly described and justified why this is 
> > required.
> >
> > All research allocations must be registered publicly in whois. Each 
> > research allocation will be designated as a research allocation with a 
> > comment indicating when the allocation will end. ARIN will not issue a 
> > Letter of Authority (LOA) to route a research prefix unless the allocation 
> > is properly registered in whois.
> >
> > Comments:
> > a. Timetable for implementation: Immediate b. Anything else:
> 
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