[18154] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: small vent
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lewis)
Sun Jun 28 15:09:20 1998
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 1998 14:54:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>
To: Mark Milhollan <mlm@ftel.net>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <30956.899051721@ftel.net>
On Sun, 28 Jun 1998, Mark Milhollan wrote:
> "David R. Conrad" writes:
> >b) someone has dummied up a prefix in a mail header or something (typical)
> >c) there is a bug in the database software (happens)
>
> I doubt B since the IP address queried was that of the TCP peer.
> Granted it could have been a spoofed session, but that would have
> required a level of expertise that I've never seen used merely to
> attempt delivery of a few thousand pieces of e-mail.
What about d). Perhaps someone temporarily announced routes for
unallocated space, setup a mail/spam server in that IP space, sent out
their mail, and stopped exporting the route.
Is there a place one can search to see a history of BGP announcements for
a given route?
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