Re: "authority" to route?

[Mark Gauvin <MGauvin () dryden ca>]

Careful though cause the crayons must be crayola approved

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On 2012-11-14, at 5:28 PM, "joel jaeggli" <joelja () bogus com> wrote:

> On 11/14/12 2:40 PM, Joe Abley wrote:
> > On 2012-11-12, at 14:43, Jim Mercer <jim () reptiles org> wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a common practice of providers to vet / validate requests to advertise
> > > blocks?
> > Yes, most providers whose customers request a particular route to be pointed towards them will ask for ambiguous 
> > instructions, written on letterhead with crayon, and signed illegibly by someone who may or may not have authority 
> > to do so but who in any case cannot be identified clearly by their scrawl.
> Some providers ask for route objects and appropriate import/export 
> policy in RADB. that fandamently no higher quality an attestation than a 
> LOA but it's a lot easier to read.
> > Ideally the letterhead should be crudely constructed in photoshop and then faxed across a noisy analogue line.
> >
> > Once you have one of those babies in your file, no lawyer can touch you.
> >
> >
> > Joe