[114387] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: massive snowshoe operations may be a cause for concern (was:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John van Oppen)
Fri May 8 20:08:46 2009
Date: Fri, 8 May 2009 17:08:30 -0700
From: "John van Oppen" <john@vanoppen.com>
To: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <ops.lists@gmail.com>
Cc: Skywing <Skywing@valhallalegends.com>, nanog@nanog.org
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