[191077] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Zayo Extortion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Sheldon)
Wed Aug 17 03:30:07 2016
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To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 00:03:11 -0500
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On 8/16/2016 21:13, William Herrin wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 7:11 PM, Jonathan Hall <jhall@futuresouth.us> wrote:
>> if I’m not mistaken (don’t worry, I’m not) - this doesn’t count
>> as ‘slander’ in any way, shape or form.
>
> Jonathan,
>
> Technically you're right, but not for the reason you think. Slander is
> verbal defamation. Libel is written defamation. The original poster
> has potentially exposed himself to a libel suit.
But what are the BGP implications?
--
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by
its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole
life believing that it is stupid."
--Albert Einstein
From Larry's Cox account.
