In message <842FCFC4-B8E0-49CA-829A-4A5CDF44C7BD@consulintel.es>, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via anti-abuse-wg <anti-abuse-wg@ripe.net> writes
This has been seen many times, even chain situations like
<upstreams and peers> - AS X \ AS 3 - AS 2 - AS 1 / <upstreams and peers> - AS Y
by the way, when I see AS 2 or 3 at the end of path I immediately assume that someone has been confused by the syntax of their router and meant to generate 64496 64496 64496 but instead generated 64496 3 the opposite error tends to create very long (but non-hijacking) AS paths which occasionally cause operational problems. -- richard Richard Clayton Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Benjamin Franklin 11 Nov 1755