Leave No Network Unexploited: The Story of China Telecom’s BGP Hijacking [pdf]

The paper is generally very interesting, but there are some moments that I felt really put the credibility of the authors into question, despite their credentials... for example:

"Each AS controls a set of ‘internet protocol’ (IP) addresses assigned in blocks of consecutive numbers. These blocks are assigned much like telephone number area codes; for example, blocks in the US are now regulated in the US by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)"

I feel that the authors should be well aware that the FCC is involved in the issuance of neither IP addresses nor telephone numbers, those are handled by ARIN and the NANPA respectively. The NANPA is at least contracted to Neustar explicitly from the FCC, but ARIN's authority historically traces back to the National Science Foundation, not the FCC.

Original title is China’s Maxim – Leave No Access Point Unexploited: The Hidden Story of China Telecom’s BGP Hijacking, but it was too long to submit.