[58098] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: The in-your-face hijacking example, was: Re: Who is announcing bogons?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Majdi S. Abbas)
Wed Apr 30 17:59:11 2003
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 14:58:37 -0700
From: "Majdi S. Abbas" <msa@samurai.sfo.dead-dog.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <169319822089.20030430123407@conti.nu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Wed, Apr 30, 2003 at 12:34:07PM -0400, Kai Schlichting wrote:
> In light of the recent hijackings, any customer coming in the door with
> a /16 or with purported IP space located in a /16 that has been recently
> updated, but not routed, should be given the full royal treatment of a
> background check: Pull over and show us your state incorporation certificate
> and your seal...and dare you if the corporation is listed as "inactive"
> with the state, or the incorporation date is past the date the space was
> registered, or you don't have the paperwork showing your legal successorship
> to such corporation.
Given that lots of companies reincorporate fairly often, typically
to change where they're incorporated, what type of corporation, etc... I
don't find this terribly compelling.
It's just as easy to forge a bill of sale as it is these other
forms of documentation. Same problem, different documents.
--msa
