[145397] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Botnets buying up IPv4 address space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arturo Servin)
Fri Oct 7 14:34:39 2011
From: Arturo Servin <arturo.servin@gmail.com>
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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 15:31:29 -0300
To: Joly MacFie <joly@punkcast.com>
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What do you mean with "purchasing or renting IPv4".
Last time that I check it was not possible in the RIR world.
If you mean "hijacking" unused IPv4 space, that's another history.
.as
On 7 Oct 2011, at 15:11, Joly MacFie wrote:
> I'd welcome comments as to solutions to this. Or is it just scaremongering?
>
> j
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>
> Date: Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:31 PM
>
> Botnets buying up IPv4 address space
>
> http://j.mp/nMJ5Lr (Threat Post)
>
> "Now, in one effort to get around these systems, some attackers are
> taking advantage of the lack of IPV4 space by either purchasing or
> renting blocks of IP space with good reputations that have been built
> up over the course of several years. A number of legitimate trading
> and auction sites have appeared as the IPV4 space became scarcer, and
> the attackers have gotten involved as well, getting their hands on
> known good IP blocks and using them for C&C or hosting malware."
>
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