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good point... :) On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:24 AM, Jon Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, Christian Koch wrote: > >> I dont mind, i think it is another good step towards 'good filtering' >> but...i think the PITA part is >> downstream 'clueless' customers, who may need an explanation on prefix >> hijacking and the state >> of the internet today, and that these are all just combined efforts to >> minimize the risk of accepting allocations >> that don't belong to you. > > IMO, it's just an illusion of added security and is really just CYA for the > provider. When I fax TWTelecom an LOA that a customer faxed to me, how does > TWTelecom verify the authenticity of that LOA? I doubt they try. I suspect > it's just filed, and will only be pulled out if the advertisement is > challenged by some 3rd party. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jon Lewis | I route > Senior Network Engineer | therefore you are > Atlantic Net | > _________ http://www.lewis.org/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key_________ >
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