[AusNOG] Urgent: Telstra NOC

[Nick Stallman]

I completely understand people wanting answers, since Telstra hijacked 
our IP block (and others) back in November 2018 and blackholed all traffic.
It's a massively disruptive thing to occur to you, and there's 
absolutely nothing you can do to prevent it (while providers don't 
enforce RPKI and similar protections)

It's great that Russell is here, but the official channels are a joke 
and that should not be acceptable.

I never did get any explanation from Telstra for that previous hijack 
event, so I probably wouldn't be holding my breath with this one either.

On 30/9/20 10:01 am, David Hughes wrote:
> That's an assumption Mark.  The 'formal channel' for a network operator chasing a route leak would be to look up PeeringDB and try that contact info.  We don't k now if the OP tried that so we don't know if that failed.
>
> The fact that Telstra has staff (and I assume it's more than just Russell) participating on an industry list like this make perfect sense and is an effective addition to their other contact channels.
>
>
> David
> ...
>
>
> On 30/9/20, 9:42 am, "Mark Andrews" <marka at isc.org> wrote:
>
>      That however does mean that Telstra’s formal channels aren’t working
>      properly.  If you can’t reach the NOC via formal channels then there
>      is a problem.  No one should have to come here and ask for bad
>      announcements to be withdrawn.  Russell shouldn’t have to do anything
>      but enjoy his time off when on leave.  While we are thankful he did
>      react we all need time off for our mental health.
>
>      Mark
>
>      > On 30 Sep 2020, at 08:59, David Hughes <david at hughes.id> wrote:
>      >
>      >
>      > I'll second this.  Having Russell and is peers on the list and in a position to help resolve problems in a timely manner is fantastic for our industry and our clients.  Telstra is a big beast with lots of moving parts, yet I've lost count of the number of times issues have been addressed through this informal channel.  Nice one guys.
>      >
>      >
>      > Thanks
>      >
>      > David
>      > ...
>      >
>      > On 30/9/20, 8:17 am, "AusNOG on behalf of Joseph Goldman" <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net on behalf of joe at apcs.com.au> wrote:
>      >
>      >      It is amazing that it got fixed this way at all. Even just a few years
>      >    ago I wouldn't imagine someone with such reach into Telstra NOC being so
>      >    accessible for truly complex issues - you'd spend half a week trying to
>      >    get through their phone system to someone or email the 'noc@' or
>      >    something and hope to get a reply in a few days.
>      >
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