Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Job Snijders via db-wg
Dear Denis, On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 11:45:24AM +, denis walker wrote: > >> In conclusion, If you employ a non-Afrinic asn for announcements > >> (which means a foreign asn), using RIPE’s route object will be the > >> only choice for you unless you are one of those big telecoms which > >> has

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread denis walker via db-wg
Hi Job From: Job Snijders via db-wg To: Lu Heng Cc: Database WG Sent: Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 12:52 Subject: Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object >> >> In conclusion, If you employ a non-Afrinic asn for announcements >> (which means a

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Nick Hilliard via db-wg
Sascha Luck [ml] via db-wg wrote on 13/06/2018 12:39: Secondly, there is an unintended consequence to this, namely that, if you make it impossible for a segment of resource holders to register their routes properly, some transit providers and IXPs will have no choice but to accept their

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Gert Doering via db-wg
Hi, On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 08:03:20PM +0800, Lu Heng via db-wg wrote: > And until then, I think there is not enough consensus from the community to > implement this change in the future. This has been discussed extensively and there has been consensus to go ahead with this. Gert Doering

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Gert Doering via db-wg
Hi, On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 08:11:34PM +0800, Lu Heng wrote: > On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 20:10 Gert Doering wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 08:03:20PM +0800, Lu Heng via db-wg wrote: > > > And until then, I think there is not enough consensus from the community > > to > > > implement this

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Nick Hilliard via db-wg
Lu Heng via db-wg wrote on 13/06/2018 14:23: All I am asking here is to delay implementation and give Afrinic sometime to fix their IRR. I don't see a good reason to do this. Afrinic have a process in place to create route objects and there are other IRRDBs which can be used as an

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Peter Thimmesch via db-wg
+1 ... in CAPITAL LETTERS too. Regards, Peter Thimmesch -- hic sunt dracones On Jun 13, 2018, at 7:12 PM, Job Snijders via db-wg mailto:db-wg@ripe.net>> wrote: On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Lu Heng mailto:h...@anytimechinese.com>> wrote: Internet is one, and

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Sascha Luck [ml] via db-wg
On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 11:11:09AM +, Job Snijders via db-wg wrote: I am sympathetic, but RIPE has no obligation to keep a glaring security hole open to accommodate another RIR's lack of expedience. There was a time when it would have been seen as the obligation of any RIR to keep the

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Lu Heng via db-wg
Hi Job: Internet is one, and this is a general problem of all Afrinic space, just don’t make it personal please. I hope Afrinic fix it rather soon that way every thing works, until then, prevent network change is one way of breaking it. On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 18:52 Job Snijders wrote: > Dear

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Lu Heng via db-wg
The ultimate discussion should be, and will be, is it RIPE net or internet? I am saying the current situation will break network by forbidding change it, and it is network we break, really doesn’t matter where it is which registry it from. We are victims of massive hijacking, many of my space

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Job Snijders via db-wg
On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 10:56 AM, Lu Heng wrote: > Internet is one, and this is a general problem of all Afrinic space, just > don’t make it personal please. I didn't intend to make anything personal, so phrased differently: What you highlight is ultimately a problem between AfriNIC members and

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Lu Heng via db-wg
On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 20:10 Gert Doering wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 08:03:20PM +0800, Lu Heng via db-wg wrote: > > And until then, I think there is not enough consensus from the community > to > > implement this change in the future. > > This has been discussed extensively and

[db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Lu Heng via db-wg
Dear colleagues, In the past three weeks, we have done some tests on 3 AFRINIC /24 which have been announced in the US, Europe, and Asia, by an ARIN ASN, APNIC ASN, and an RIPE ASN. Test results: If it is a direct announce to NTT, Telia, GTT as a small provider and without route object,

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Job Snijders via db-wg
Dear Lu, On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 06:19:10PM +0800, Lu Heng via db-wg wrote: > In the past three weeks, we have done some tests on 3 AFRINIC /24 > which have been announced in the US, Europe, and Asia, by an ARIN ASN, > APNIC ASN, and an RIPE ASN. > > Test results: > > If it is a direct announce

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Nick Hilliard via db-wg
Lu Heng via db-wg wrote on 13/06/2018 13:11: On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 20:10 Gert Doering wrote: This has been discussed extensively and there has been consensus to go ahead with this. That’s a bullying answer. What Gert said was simply a statement of fact:

[db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Daniel Suchy via db-wg
Hello, On 06/13/2018 01:39 PM, Sascha Luck [ml] via db-wg wrote: > There was a time when it would have been seen as the obligation > of any RIR to keep the internet running as smoothly as possible. sometimes things needs to be really breaked to get fixed them. People are lazy, they're ignoring

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Lu Heng via db-wg
Hi colleagues: I do not mean in the very least sense to delay an implementation unless the risk shown by it is far too serious. So if it is just because no one notices the problem in the very beginning (which I am trying to address now), does that mean we have to ignore it? A dangerous bridge

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Sandra Murphy via db-wg
> On Jun 13, 2018, at 8:03 AM, Lu Heng via db-wg wrote: > > The ultimate discussion should be, and will be, is it RIPE net or internet? > > I am saying the current situation will break network by forbidding change it, > and it is network we break, really doesn’t matter where it is which

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Sandra Murphy via db-wg
> On Jun 13, 2018, at 9:23 AM, Lu Heng via db-wg wrote: > > I do not mean in the very least sense to delay an implementation unless the > risk shown by it is far too serious. So if it is just because no one notices > the problem in the very beginning (which I am trying to address now) Not

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Nick Hilliard via db-wg
BUSH, RANDY, DBWGOPS would like to recall the message, "A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object". ?

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Randy Bush via db-wg
> Why can't small ISPs use the IRR provided by the RIR? this may come as a shock, but not all isps are close to their regional rir. > You only end up in a third party IRR database (such as RADB) if you > have a prefix from AfriNIC and an ASN from RIPE. and hundreds of dollars per year > But if

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Randy Bush via db-wg
[ off list ] isps need the irr-based filtering 'telcoms' to use all the irr instances, as small emerging economy isps can not afford radb and will soon not be able to use ripe. so the attackers will use the irr instance with lowest security to spoof. randy

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Job Snijders via db-wg
On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 09:39:52AM -0700, Randy Bush via db-wg wrote: > [ off list ] this was not offlist. > isps need the irr-based filtering 'telcoms' to use all the irr > instances, as small emerging economy isps can not afford radb and will > soon not be able to use ripe. so the attackers

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Randy Bush via db-wg
> [ off list ] well, it wasn't. thanks to header modification by broken do-gooder email software. do not modify email headers!!!

Re: [db-wg] A test on AFRINIC range announcing without RIPE route object

2018-06-13 Thread Randy Bush via db-wg
i think the bottom line here is that the IRR, and by that i mean the total collection of IRR instances, is poorly secured by design. we can spend a lot of time with patches and workarounds, or we can take it for what it is and live with it. if you want security and authenticity by design, use