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Re: Anyone notice strange announcements for 174.128.31.0/24


From: Florian Weimer <fw () deneb enyo de>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:14:21 +0100

* Jack Bates:

Florian Weimer wrote:
I think this is over the line.  You can't put other people's IDs into
routing data on production networks.  (Well, technically you can,
obviously, but you shouldn't.)

Actually, the placement of the ASN is exactly what they need to do the
test, as it is treated as a routing loop and discarded.

Sorry, I fail to see how apparent necessity justifies anything,
especially in an academic context.


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