Problems with 100.42.32.0/20

[joshbaird at gmail.com (Josh Baird)]

Verizon just contacted me off-list.  The problem was identified as an
outdated bogon filter on their end.

Verizon - thanks for the quick response!

Thanks,

Josh

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Josh Baird <joshbaird at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We just received 100.42.32.0/20 from ARIN. ?According to ARIN, this
> block was received from IANA in November 2010 and was issued to us in
> November 2011. ?Since we started using it, we have seen many problems
> with different Geo-IP providers incorrectly classifying the block -
> both location and provider wise (lots of them think this is Verizon
> space for some reason in both Canada and Kansas). ?I have followed
> http://nanog.cluepon.net/index.php/GeoIP and contacted most of these
> providers already. ?Not one has returned my email/inquiry.
>
> The main problem that I am seeing is that Verizon/UUNET is filtering
> access to some of their networks from 100.42.32.0/20. ?We are
> currently unable to reach any of UUNET.net's authoritative DNS servers
> (198.6.1.83, 198.6.1.161, etc) and appear to be filtered by some
> Verizon Business/UUNET routers.
>
> $ traceroute 198.6.1.83
> traceroute to 198.6.1.83 (198.6.1.83), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
> 1 ?209.65.192.129 (209.65.192.129) ?1.491 ms ?1.716 ms ?1.942 ms
> 2 ?vl41-irtr1.dan100.net.kywimax.com (209.65.192.45) ?0.551 ms ?0.582
> ms ?0.587 ms
> 3 ?rrcs-173-197-155-189.west.biz.rr.com (173.197.155.189) ?0.474 ms
> 0.519 ms ?0.505 ms
> 4 ?ae8.chcgill3-rtr1.kc.rr.com (65.28.199.197) ?20.349 ms ?20.340 ms ?20.409 ms
> 5 ?ae-5-1.cr0.chi30.tbone.rr.com (66.109.6.112) ?20.243 ms ?20.235 ms ?20.223 ms
> 6 ?107.14.17.147 (107.14.17.147) ?27.982 ms ?27.567 ms ?27.540 ms
> 7 ?216.156.72.165.ptr.us.xo.net (216.156.72.165) ?20.945 ms
> te1-2-0d0.cir1.chicago2-il.us.xo.net (216.156.72.5) ?20.920 ms
> 216.156.72.157.ptr.us.xo.net (216.156.72.157) ?20.912 ms
> 8 ? (204.255.168.97) ?20.868 ms ?20.826 ms ?20.910 ms
> 9 ? (152.63.66.77) ?36.133 ms ?36.243 ms ?36.233 ms
> 10 ? (152.63.43.109) ?45.859 ms ?45.853 ms ?45.843 ms
> 11 ? (152.63.38.9) ?45.177 ms ?45.175 ms ?45.168 ms
> 12 ?* * *
> 13 ?* * *
> 14 ?* ?(207.18.173.162) ?46.105 ms !X *
>
> (pos5-0.soesr1.ash.ops.us.uu.net)
>
> I have contacted VZW Business' IP-NOC and was not really given a
> contact that could help me with this situation. ?I have also emailed
> filters at lists.verizonbusiness.com and I'm awaiting a response
> (hopefully).
>
> Would anyone happen to have an idea of why I am seeing so many
> problems with this block, and who I may be able to reach out to at VZB
> to hopefully get this issue resolved?
>
> Thanks.