I received a phas notification about this today as well...
I couldn't find any relevant data confirming the announcement of one
of my /19 blocks, until a few minutes ago when i checked the route
views bgplay (ripe bgplay turns up nothing) and can now see 8997
announcing and quickly withdrawing my prefix
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 9:06 PM, Scott Weeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I am hoping to confirm a short-duration prefix hijack of 72.234.0.0/15 (and
> another of our prefixes) by ASN 8997 ("OJSC North-West Telecom" in Russia) in
> using ASN 3267 (Russian Federal University Network) to advertise our space to
> ASN 3277 (Regional University and Scientific Network (RUSNet) of
> North-Western and Saint-Petersburg Area of Russia).
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> Is that what I'm seeing when I go to "bgplay.routeviews.org/bgplay", put in
> prefix 72.234.0.0/15 and select the dates:
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> 22/9/2008 9:00:00 and 22/9/2008 15:00:00
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> If so, am I understanding it correctly if I say ASN 3267 saw a shorter path
> from ASN 8997, so refused the proper announcement from ASN 36149 (me) it
> normally hears from ASN 174 (Cogent).
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> If the above two are correct, would it be correct to say only the downstream
> customers of ASN 3267 were affected?
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> scott
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