Pulling of Network Maps

Sat Oct 28 17:30:01 UTC 2023

Well, in fairness: those approaches *leave tracks* for a potential attacker; 
picking up published maps does not...

Cheers,
-- jra

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Hammett" <nanog at ics-il.net>
> To: "Denis Fondras" <xxnog at ledeuns.net>
> Cc: nanog at nanog.org
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2023 1:30:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Pulling of Network Maps

> But it already is publicly available to someone that's interested enough via the
> permits issued by the appropriate jurisdictions or if you put in 811 design
> stage tickets.
> 
> 
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> Mike Hammett
> Intelligent Computing Solutions
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> Midwest-IX
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> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: "Denis Fondras" <xxnog at ledeuns.net>
> To: nanog at nanog.org
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2023 12:22:56 PM
> Subject: Re: Pulling of Network Maps
> 
> Le Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 11:17:22AM -0500, Mike Hammett a écrit :
>> Has anyone else noticed a trend of some network operators that previously
>> offered street-level detailed maps, not only upon request, but also posted
>> publicly have started to only provide them upon quotes?
>> 
> 
> There is no small profit :)
> 
> Also some will fear sabotage if the pathway is publicly available.

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