Re: "Defensive" BGP hijacking?

[John Curran <jcurran () arin net>]

On Sep 12, 2016, at 12:08 PM, Scott Weeks <surfer () mauigateway com<mailto:surfer () mauigateway com>> wrote:

Are the RIRs the internet police?

Thank you Scott for posing that question…  :-)

As others have noted, ARIN does indeed revoke resources, but to be clear,
this is generally due to fraudulent activities _related_ to the registry itself
(i.e. if you commit fraud in the course of obtaining resources, ARIN will
revoke those resources once we have determined the fraud beyond
reasonable doubt; see <https://www.arin.net/resources/fraud/index.html>)

The specific circumstances raised (of a party announcing an AS# which they
do not control) can only happen if the others in the industry allow such, and
therefore it is entirely within the community to address.   While It is possible
that some peering and/or transit agreements have been broken (for example,
those agreements which state that the party should only announce routes that
they have permission to do so), but in any case, the act of announcing someone
else’s number resources stems from usage that the community is allowing to
occur, either thru action or inaction, and is not any fraudulent act with respect
the Internet number registry itself.

ARIN is not a law enforcement entity (although we do work with them on
occasion with regard to registry fraud), and it really is up to the industry to
“police” Internet routing to the extent necessary and desirable to keep the
Internet running.

Thanks,
/John

John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN