Cogent & FDCServers: Knowingly aiding and abetting fraud and theft?

Sat Oct 12 22:45:42 UTC 2019

> On Oct 12, 2019, at 12:22 PM, Seth Mattinen <sethm at rollernet.us> wrote:
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> How exactly is it punishment that BGP needs an AS number?

It’s not. I was objecting to the implication that if someone announces a prefix that has not been transferred to their ownership it is fraudulent or shady, and as a consequence I should be forced to surrender my addresses since I can’t announce them myself.