[AusNOG] OT: AS_PATH prepend (was: Re: Largest IP Backbone)

[Dale Shaw]

Hi,

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Bill Walker
<Bill.Walker at staff.snap.net.nz> wrote:
>
> http://www.cymru.com/BGP/summary.html

Wow, these guys (and many more like them) reeeaallly like AS_PATH prepending.

203.124.25.0/24 [peer013] 22335 11537 3549 8966 8966 8961 38193 38264
45127 45127 45127 45127 45127 45127 45127 45127 45127 45127 45127
45127 45127 45127 45127 45127 45127 45127 45127 45127 45127 45127
45127 45127 45127 45127 45127 i

inetnum:      203.124.24.0 - 203.124.31.255
netname:      WARIDTELECOM
descr:        WARID Telecom is a GSM service provider in Pakistan.
country:      PK

WHY? (surely they haven't done this to tip the balance somewhere many
AS hops away?)

cheers,
Dale