[29838] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: RBL-type BGP service for known rogue networks?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shawn McMahon)
Fri Jul 7 18:24:37 2000
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2000 17:53:53 -0400
From: Shawn McMahon <smcmahon@eiv.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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In-Reply-To: <200007072145.e67LjXS23060@black-ice.cc.vt.edu>; from Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu on Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 05:45:28PM -0400
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On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 05:45:28PM -0400, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
>=20
> At least in the US, it's illegal to attempt to manipulate stock prices by
> spreading rumors about a company, and saying "you should sell before it t=
anks".
However, it's not illegal to say "don't shop there anymore".
> Apply this thought experiment: Pick a *large* provider. AOL, Sprint,
> British Telecom, Yahoo - anything that a lot of people use. Now assume
> that the blackhole list is in common use (since it's not effective if it
> isn't). What's the impact on the net if said large provider *does* get
> black-listed?
Hell, let's not beat around the bush with thought experiments; Road Runner =
*IS*
blackholed.
Are they suing anybody? Are they likely to even try?
That's one of the biggest ISPs in existence, and growing faster than anybod=
y.
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