[rpd] [members-discuss] AfriNIC audit data

[Andrew Alston]

If they can run the data through and we don't have to pay for it - sure!

I'm busy writing some additional code to get more data (and potentially
integrate with other RIR's datasets) but before I attempt integration with
other data sets I need to do some serious code optimisation, because the
AfriNIC data is *tiny* compared to something like the RIPE data set and the
code isn't optimised for processing that many objects.  I'll see if I get
the time this weekend to see what else I can mine outta the data with
optimised code.

Thanks

Andrew


On Fri, Oct 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM brian at ctnmw.net <brian at ctnmw.net> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
>
> This is an excellent resource, great work! I have a client who runs a
> geo-location business that is several factors better in terms of pinpoint
> accuracy than most. I think we would find some very interesting results if
> we ran this dataset through their API….
>
> Should I check with them whether this can be done affordably (or pro bono)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
>
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> On 24 Oct 2025, at 12:45 PM, Andrew Alston <aa at alstonnetworks.net> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> While I haven't got around to publishing the code behind this - mainly
> because it by necessity exposes certain data and requires a BGP dump from a
> juniper router which is hundreds of megs big, I've attached the output of
> the code I wrote.
>
> One caveat with this data - There is nothing inherently wrong with space
> allocated to an organisation being announced by a non-AfriNIC ASN, there
> are many legitimate cases and reasons behind this.  The same thing happens
> when space is allocated to one organisation but announced by another, and
> this can happen when a sub-company of a parent company is announcing space
> from their own ASN when the space was originally allocated to the parent.
> As such, when reading this data, it's important to understand that the
> abnormalities detected do not necessarily indicate anything nefarious - and
> this data should not be seen as accusations of malfeasance against anyone.
>
> Let's see if the lists let this post through!
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew
>
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