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RBN study – before and after
David Bizeul
Role of different entities will be explained later in this document but we can note on this image that few RBN customers
have established peering links directly with AS40989 (RBN). Except Akimon, which is a direct RBN subsidiary, all
networks have only been listed in as-rbncus without peering directly with RBN. As a matter of fact, except Nevacon, few
of these customers are really dangerous.
Some AS did not broadcast any IP netblock addresses and this could seem weird. As a matter of fact, in a changing
world, this AS could have spread a network block one week and nothing next weeks. This technique is helpful to
masquerade tracks.
The second figure is dedicated to the RBN source: SBT-Tel. This network has been a totally fake network build to offer
Internet Service Provider to RBN customers.
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