[73096] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: BGP-based blackholing/hijacking patented in Australia?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Raymond Dijkxhoorn)
Thu Aug 12 14:29:04 2004
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 20:28:17 +0200 (CEST)
From: Raymond Dijkxhoorn <raymond@prolocation.net>
To: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk>
Cc: Petri Helenius <pete@he.iki.fi>,
Niels Bakker <niels=nanog@bakker.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0408121338470.31264-100000@server2.tcw.telecomplete.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Hi!
> > We have had running code for this since early this year, so depending on the
> > date they filed, prior art exists well documented. (blueprints obviously
> > predate running code)
> everyone has gone patent crazy, every time a new concept is developed some
> company applies for patent. is this the future or rfcs then?
I didnt read the papers, perhaps i should, but as it sounds this is
something for example mail-abuse allready does for years.
http://www.pch.net/documents/tutorials/maps-rbl-bgp-cisco-config-faq.html
http://www.dotcomeon.com/invisible_hand.html
Can anyone point me to some docs of this new project, or does it basicly
do the same thing?
Bye,
Raymond.
