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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>TPG Said because we are not the advertiser we can not do a thing… even tho Metwide are advertising this prefix under their own ASN not our customers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>MetWide contact is not answering his phone nor have they responded to any other emails thus far<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Daniel<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Joseph Goldman<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 13 February 2015 1:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> ausnog@lists.ausnog.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Hijacked Prefix<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Surely advertising a range you don't own in a bill dispute is not the right way to do this - wouldn't this be similar to advertising a Bogon?<br><br>Daniel:<br><br>What was TPG's response? Did you supply a letter on official letterhead revoking the initial LoA?<br>What response does Metwide give when you contact their main support number?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 13/02/15 12:38, Nathan Brookfield wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Daniel,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>There may be a handful of reasons that this is occurring, such as your client owing the old provider money etc which is likely the case. This is a legal issue between the IP Address owner and TCR Holdings, you should leave it up to them.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Kindest Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#365F91;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Nathan Brookfield (VK2NAB)</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> AusNOG [<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:daniel@glovine.com.au">daniel@glovine.com.au</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, 13 February 2015 12:34 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] Hijacked Prefix</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Guys<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I need a bit of assistance here,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One of our customers has a prefix 203.55.215.0/24 which is a /24 of 203.55.214.0/23,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>TCR Holdings / Metwide are advertising this prefix without permission and thus far all attempts to contact them and have this removed are ending at failure,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The owner of these prefixes has even been to the extent of contacting their upstream provider TPG without success<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was wondering if anybody else has ever had any issues like this, and might be able to point me in the right direction for the next step, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The customer has already updated this /24 prefix description stating that its been hijacked so it appears all over the address space<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Appreciate any help on or off-list<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Daniel<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>AusNOG mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>