Bharti Airtel starts peering in Russia
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K root route leak by AS49505 - Selectel, Russia
There seems be an ongoing route leak by AS49505 (Selectel, Russia) for K root server.
K root server’s IP: 193.0.14.129
Origin Network: AS25152
Here’s trace from Airtel Looking Glass, Delhi PoP
Mon Oct 26 16:21:18 GMT+05:30 2015
traceroute 193.0.14.129
Mon Oct 26 16:21:22.053 IST
Type escape sequence to abort.
Tracing the route to 193.0.14.129
1 \*
203.101.95.146 19 msec 4 msec
2 182.79.224.73 14 msec 3 msec 1 msec
3 14.141.116.89.static-Delhi.vsnl.net.in (14.141.116.89) 7 msec 3 msec 2 msec
4 172.23.183.134 26 msec 45 msec 26 msec
5 ix-0-100.tcore1.MLV-Mumbai.as6453.net (180.87.38.5) 151 msec 153 msec 152 msec
6 if-9-5.tcore1.WYN-Marseille.as6453.net (80.231.217.17) \[MPLS: Label 383489 Exp 0\] 160 msec 163 msec 155 msec
7 if-2-2.tcore2.WYN-Marseille.as6453.net (80.231.217.2) \[MPLS: Label 595426 Exp 0\] 161 msec 162 msec 162 msec
8 if-7-2.tcore2.FNM-Frankfurt.as6453.net (80.231.200.78) \[MPLS: Label 399436 Exp 0\] 149 msec 151 msec 155 msec
9 if-12-2.tcore1.FNM-Frankfurt.as6453.net (195.219.87.2) 164 msec 163 msec 159 msec
10 195.219.156.146 153 msec 151 msec 160 msec
11 spb03.transtelecom.net (188.43.1.226) 190 msec 192 msec 189 msec
12 Selectel-gw.transtelecom.net (188.43.1.225) 185 msec 185 msec 185 msec
13 k.root-servers.net (193.0.14.129) 183 msec 204 msec 196 msec
RP/0/8/CPU0:DEL-ISP-MPL-ACC-RTR-9#
The routing information (show route 193.0.14.129 output) from their looking glass doesn’t seems useful since it shows that it’s learning K root Noida route via NIXI. This is likely because routing information is different from actual forwarding information in that device. So the trace looks extremely weird. It’s leading traffic to K root which does has anycast instance in Noida, landing into Russia! Why is that happening? Let’s look at what Tata Communications (AS6453) routing table has for K root’s prefix. I am looking at feed of AS6453 which it’s putting into RIPE RIS RRC 03 collector.