On 26/06/2018 17:08, Thomas King wrote: Kudos to DE-CIX for getting it right.
-Hank > I am the guy who gave the presentation. We ask our customers to report > misbehavior of peers at DE-CIX IXPs (e.g. IP hijack, ASN hijacks) to > ab...@de-cix.net. We will look into reported cases and collect evidence so > that we can act accordingly. So far, this process helped us to identify and > fix configuration errors from peers on a few occasions. Also, as a last > resort we expelled a small number of permanent and notorious rule breakers. > > Best regards, > Thomas > > > On 26.06.18, 15:16, "IXP User One" <ixp.user....@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have heard that DE-CIX expelled BitCanal from their IXPs. One of their > guys also gave a presentation about how DE-CIX handles abuse cases: > https://ripe75.ripe.net/archives/video/103/ > > I don't know how other IXPs are handling such cases. Would be interesting > to know. > > Best regards, > IUO > > > On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 9:35 AM, Hank Nussbacher <h...@efes.iucc.ac.il> > wrote: > > > On 26/06/2018 07:49, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: > > > > You are mistaken. Cogent and Level3 are signatories to MANRS: > > https://www.manrs.org/participants/ > > so this clearly can't happen and you are making this up. > > > > :-) > > > > -Hank > > > > > > > > > > > The fact that there exists a jerk like this on the Internet isn't > really > > > all that surprising. What I personally -do- find rather surprising is > > that > > > three companies that each outght to know better, namely Cogent, GTT, > and > > > Level3 are collectively supplying more than 3/4ths of this guy's IPv4 > > > connectivity, at least according to the graph displayed here: > > > > > > https://bgp.he.net/AS197426 > > > > > > Without the generous support of Cogent, GTT, and Level3 this dumbass > > > lowlife IP address space thief would be largely if not entirely toast. > > > So what are they waiting for? Why don't their turf this jackass? Are > > > they waiting for an engraved invitation or what? > > > > > > As I always ask, retorically, in cases like this: Where are the > > grownups? > > > > > > I would like everyone reading this who is a customer of Cogent, GTT, > or > > > Level3 to try to contact these companies and ask them why they are > > providing > > > connectivity/peering to a hijacking jerk like this Silveira character. > > > Ask them why -you- have to endure more spam in your inbox just so that > > > -they- can make another one tenth of one percent profit by peering > with > > > this hijacking, spammer-loving miscreant. I would ask them myself, > but > > > I personally am not a direct customer of any of them, so they would > all, > > > most probably, just tell me to go pound sand. > > > > > > If you do manage to make contact, please be sure to mention all three > of > > > Mr. Silveira's ASNs, i.e. AS42229, AS197426, and AS3266. And don't > let > > > whoever you talk to try to weasel out of responsibility for this > > travesty, > > > e.g. by claiming that they don't know anything about what's been > going on > > > with all those hijacks announced by AS3266, and/or that they only > provide > > > peering for AS197426. The hijacks may all be originating from Mr. > > Silveira's > > > AS3266, but bgp.he.net makes clear that AS3266 has one, and only one > > peer, > > > i.e. Mr. Silveira's AS197426: > > > > > > https://bgp.he.net/AS3266 > > > > > > So basically, Cogent, GTT, and Level3 are the prime enablers of this > > > massive theft of IP space. (They might try to claim that BitCanal's > > > historical propensity to engage in hijacks is sonmething "brand new" > > > or at least that -they- may not have been aware of it until now, in > which > > > case you should ask them if they have anybody on staff who is paying > > > attention. As noted above, it isn't as if Bitcanal just started > pulling > > > this crap yesterday. Far from it.) > > > > > > Oh! And you might also mention the fact that Spamhaus, and, I would > > guess, > > > at least a few of the oether public blacklists already have most or > all > > of > > > Mr. Silveira's IP space... hijacked or otherwise... blacklisted, > > presumably > > > for good and ample cause. > > > > > > As long as Cogent, GTT, and Level3 are willing to go along with this > > > nonsense, i.e. by selling peering to this Silveira thief, crime on > > > the Internet -does- pay, and the theft of other people's IP space > > > will continue to be rewarded rather than punished, as it should be. > > > > > > If that becomes the new normal for Internet behavior, then god help us > > > all. > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > rfg > > > > > > > >