[146462] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Arguing against using public IP space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Sun Nov 13 22:54:43 2011
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <CA+buB7eG7z0kxh-UZgJqvE8pQqFwY3iRkS+Up7buCLqTi5Dctg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:51:24 -0800
To: Jason Lewis <jlewis@packetnexus.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Nov 13, 2011, at 7:36 AM, Jason Lewis wrote:
> I don't want to start a flame war, but this article seems flawed to
> me. It seems an IP is an IP.
>=20
> =
http://www.redtigersecurity.com/security-briefings/2011/9/16/scada-vendors=
-use-public-routable-ip-addresses-by-default.html
>=20
> I think I could announce private IP space, so doesn't that make this
> argument invalid? I've always looked at private IP space as more of a
> resource and management choice and not a security feature.
Yes, the author of this article is sadly mistaken and woefully void
of clue on the issues he attempts to address.
You are completely correct.
Owen
