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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a
href="http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/revealed-the-in.html">http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/08/revealed-the-in.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>There seems to be some publicity about hijacking other’s
IP ranges with BGP to snoop/sniff/intercept traffic.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Now, of course this is a known thing, and thankfully doesn’t
happen too much in Australia, but I’ve noticed one thing from the flamewar
that starts with the comments at the end of this article.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>It appears that one can rent a server or two, link into
peering fabric at several points in the U.S, and announce just about anyone’s
range to intercept traffic then re-broadcast it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Effectively placing themselves inside a trusted portion of
the network where no filtering on announcements is done<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>When the Big G, Google, presented at AUSNOG2 and stated that
they were looking to form unilateral peering and declined to comment on
multilateral peering, and suddenly, after reading this article, it began to
make sense.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Do you trust your PEERS at a multi-lateral peering point?
Obviously for some, the answer is no.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thankfully here in Aus most players know most other players
that are peering or announcing on WAIX, PIPE, Equinix etc, so it’s not
such a big deal with random elements hooking in and sniffing our traffic if
they manage to be able to advertise our IP ranges.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>My question / comments / ponderings to the list are really<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>-What’s more trustworthy, a carrier unilateral peering
relationship, unilateral peering, multilateral peering.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>If Multilateral peering is shaping up to being such a trust
issue, does anyone have any comment or suggestions on how we can *<b>maintain</b>*
the trust of the current state of peering in Australia so that we are not
affected by this scourge in the future?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’m just throwing it out there.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Sean K Finn.<o:p></o:p></p>
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