> We are a group of researchers from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology > (Sweden). > > Starting from May 9 until May 31, we plan to conduct a research study > involving AS-PATH poisoning to measure how reliable route collectors > are to report BGP poisoned routes. > > We will use the PEERING Testbed [1] to announce the following two > prefixes: > > - 184.164.236.0/24 > > - 184.164.237.0/24 > > for our AS-path poisoning experiments. > > The above experimental prefixes do not host any production services, > hence user traffic will *not* be affected. > > Furthermore, we will always start the AS-PATH with the correct ASN as the > origin. > > Lastly, to keep the AS-PATH short, we will announce no more than four > Poisoned ASNs per announcement. The frequency of the announcements > will not exceed four per hour.
seems quite harmless. though i am sure folk who do not really understand AS_PATH will get their nickers in a twist. randy
