[84350] in North American Network Operators' Group
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>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
>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.