Illegal usage of AS51888 (and PI 91.220.85.0/24) from AS42989 and AS57954 (in ukraine)

Christopher Morrow morrowc.lists at gmail.com
Mon May 6 18:51:30 UTC 2013


On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Warren Bailey
<wbailey at satelliteintelligencegroup.com> wrote:
>
> Abuse is abuse.. People are going to do bad things, even when you call them illegal (in some cases, as a result of calling them illegal). It's not illegal to be a tool, but it is illegal to break a law. In my opinikn Laws need to be written and passed, not thought about and argued over. If we are going to arbitrarily make our own laws, why don't we start at something cooler than preventing a guy announcing someone's Internet addresses? I understand the magnitude of these actions, but at some point we need to pay attention  to things outside of /dev/internet. Again.. I'm not saying these hijackers aren't pricks, I'm saying that stealing an AS number shouldn't be illegal - committing a crime with information gained should be (and is). It's not that I don't care, I just don't care that MUCH.
>

agreed, I wasn't of the opinion that the action was 'right', just that
calling it 'illegal' was quite a leap. I do think that putting effort
into making it significantly harder to 'hijack prefixes' is a good
thing, which is the reason I put effort into: tools.ietf.org/wg/sidr

pitching a fit from the sidelines isn't helpful, finding a way to keep
it from happening again/again/again at least tries to move the ball
forward.

-chris

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> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: goemon at anime.net
> Date: 05/06/2013 11:31 AM (GMT-08:00)
> To: Warren Bailey <wbailey at satelliteintelligencegroup.com>
> Cc: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists at gmail.com>,Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu>,NANOG <nanog at nanog.org>
> Subject: Re: Illegal usage of AS51888 (and PI 91.220.85.0/24) from AS42989 and AS57954 (in ukraine)
>
>
> if anyone wondered why abuse goes unchecked, wonder no longer.
>
> -Dan
>
> On Mon, 6 May 2013, Warren Bailey wrote:
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> > +1
> >
> >
> > Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
> >
> >
> >
> > -------- Original message --------
> > From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists at gmail.com>
> > Date: 05/06/2013 9:29 AM (GMT-08:00)
> > To: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu>
> > Cc: Warren Bailey <wbailey at satelliteintelligencegroup.com>,Adam Vitkovsky <adam.vitkovsky at swan.sk>,Nick Hilliard <nick at foobar.org>,NANOG <nanog at nanog.org>
> > Subject: Re: Illegal usage of AS51888 (and PI 91.220.85.0/24) from AS42989 and AS57954 (in ukraine)
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 12:23 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu<mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu>> wrote:
> > On Mon, 06 May 2013 15:27:35 -0000, Warren Bailey said:
> >> Illegal or undesired?
> >
> > This sort of stuff comes in two flavors: "typo" and "intentionally done
> > in furtherance of criminal activities".
> >
> > The fact that an AS number and matching IP range are involved tends to say it's
> > not a typo.
> >
> >
> > maybe warren's question is better stated: "Please point to relevant legal code in the jurisdiction(s) which are relevant." (if you feel this is 'illegal', showing where in the relevant code(s) where this would be classified as such would help)
> >
> > -chris
> >
> >
> >
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