Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-06-11
The people who keep the Internet running are coming to terms with address space hijacking, an old scam that's turned suddenly nasty.
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Cracking Down on Cyberspace Land Grabs
2003-06-11
Node Runner (1 replies)
Node Runner (1 replies)
It does make you wonder...
2003-06-12
Anonymous
Anonymous
In these days of NAT and name-based virtual hosting, are there any companies that *really* legitimately need a /16? Or worse, a /8? Sometimes I think that if we just went through and reassigned large blocks that are mostly going to waste, we'd have plenty of address space and wouldn't have to mess...
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Cracking Down on Cyberspace Land Grabs
2003-06-12
blacklight
blacklight
I didn't know that there are /16s still available, given how fast the Internet has spread (or exploded). I do agree that the very least ARIN and Internic owe their customers, who are presumably large orgs and ISPs, is issuing them a certificate that they can use to sign their e-mail communication. ...
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Take the blocks back...
2003-06-13
Anonymous
Anonymous
They shouldn't give back the blocks to the 'owners'!
1) These people aren't using the blocks
and addresses are getting hard to find
2) These people share part of the blame
by not "watching their back yard"
I mean - just to hand a class B back to
these corp's that are all firewalled??
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1) These people aren't using the blocks
and addresses are getting hard to find
2) These people share part of the blame
by not "watching their back yard"
I mean - just to hand a class B back to
these corp's that are all firewalled??
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Cracking Down on Cyberspace Land Grabs
2003-06-14
Anonymous (1 replies)
Anonymous (1 replies)
The amount of companies that have *LOADS* of address space and never use it is rediculous -- take Ford's unannounced 19.0.0.0/8 for example.
I give props to the hijackers; at least they're putting the address space to good [maybe not] use.
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I give props to the hijackers; at least they're putting the address space to good [maybe not] use.
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Cracking Down on Cyberspace Land Grabs
2003-06-17
Anonymous (1 replies)
Anonymous (1 replies)
I agree that the large blocks should be reassigned.
As a project, I have been building a spreadsheet, through tracking spam, on the blocks owned by various enities, and I have found a number of large blocks that are mostly going to waste. Many of the blocks are in the hands of large corporations...
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As a project, I have been building a spreadsheet, through tracking spam, on the blocks owned by various enities, and I have found a number of large blocks that are mostly going to waste. Many of the blocks are in the hands of large corporations...
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Cracking Down on Cyberspace Land Grabs
2003-06-17
Anonymous (1 replies)
Anonymous (1 replies)
Encryption, authentication, and digital certificates are nice and all, but these are not pratical for businesses. What happens if the person responsible for this info loses it, leaves the company or is fired? What happens if a disaster takes out the whole building where this info is kept? Can an ...
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Cracking Down on Cyberspace Land Grabs
2003-06-24
Flagan
Flagan
This is where good practices come into play - why can't the authentication include a list of company officers with contact information?
What about documenting, and then backing up the documentation? Offsite storage?
Taking these steps should already be happening.
They should also be part o...
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What about documenting, and then backing up the documentation? Offsite storage?
Taking these steps should already be happening.
They should also be part o...
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