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Re: Katrina Network Damage Report

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Stewart)
Sun Sep 11 22:50:22 2005

Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 22:49:27 -0400
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Dave Stewart <dbs@dbscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <bb0e440a05091119351e070af@mail.gmail.com>
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>Once you find a host on a /48 jump to the next one I guess.  Or make
>some guess on what IP addressing scheme is being followed and which
>subnets of that /48 are being used [assuming that an end site like a
>cellphone carrier decides to give v6 IPs to all its phone users] ...
>scan from within the network.

I dunno... it seems to me it'd be pretty hard to configure 
1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 toasters (or any combination you prefer 
of other devices) within any reasonable definition of "lifetime."

I suppose if one were sufficiently motivated to develop some automated 
tools for configuration, it'd be possible - but I suspect the power company 
might notice the small power blip if I plugged in all those devices 
(personal nuclear plant, anyone?)

Sure, with some incredible luck, you could find all those devices while 
you're scanning - just seems like some are crying that the sky is falling 
already.


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