[127902] in North American Network Operators' Group
While we worry about Vyatta and Bras.....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Eisenberg)
Mon Jul 19 19:46:12 2010
From: Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@atlasnetworks.us>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:45:13 +0000
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> >> The single host/box had bomb making info and hit lists. Yeah, I'd=20
> >> shut it down too if it was on my network.
> >>
> >> Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474
> >
> > As would any reasonable operator.
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> Or maybe it would have been better to not destroy a known source, and=20
> work with the FBI to maximize its value.
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> Cutting it off like that was short-sighted and stupid.
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> -j
(Fixing the subject line - sorry about that...)
It sounds like the letter from the FBI to Burst.net specifically allowed fo=
r that possibility.
"In the FBI's letter, the agency included a clause that says Web hosts and =
Internet service providers may voluntarily elect to shut down the sites of =
customers involved in these kinds of situations."
Nathan Eisenberg, Atlas Networks
