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RE: [#135346] Unauthorized BGP Announcements (follow up to Hijacked
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (George Bonser)
Wed Feb 1 15:50:36 2012
From: George Bonser <gbonser@seven.com>
To: David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 20:49:47 +0000
In-Reply-To: <FABE3FD6-B5D4-4801-91FC-9B324D83FC46@virtualized.org>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org list" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
>=20
> I'm told IP addresses aren't property.
Neither is the address painted on your curb. So it's ok for me to paint ov=
er the number in front of your house and paint your house number on my curb=
, right?
The issue isn't about property. It is about stealing an ADDRESS making imp=
ossible for the legitimate holder of that ADDRESS to do business. =20
