[79676] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: New IANA IPv4 allocation to AfriNIC (41/8)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Palmer)
Wed Apr 13 17:58:35 2005
From: "John Palmer" <nanog@adns.net>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 16:57:32 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
You do know that I was joking, don't you??
Sorry, I didn't know that NANOG has a humor filter on it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Weeks" <surfer@mauigateway.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 16:26
Subject: Re: New IANA IPv4 allocation to AfriNIC (41/8)
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> > This is to inform you that the IANA has allocated the following
> > one (1) IPv4 /8 block to AfriNIC:
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> > 41/8 AfriNIC
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> To those suggesting a block of 41/8 to stop the Nigerian 419 problem or
> any other percieved problem:
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> C'mon Africa != Nigeria. It's an entire friggin' continent with 53 other
> countries besides Nigeria. How does that saying go? "I encourage my
> competitors to do this." (Oh yeah, don't forget to block all Chinese IP
> addresses while you're at it. That's only one country... 8-) Do you
> REALLY think blocking 41/8 will stop those emails?
>
> AfriNIC just received final recognition as the 5th RIR by ICANN a few days
> ago after 8 years of hard work. Give 'em a break! See www.afrinic.net
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> scott
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