Squat space is now being advertised by AS 749 (DoD Network Information Center)

Sat Sep 11 12:36:00 UTC 2021

When can we reclaim all this unused space from the US DoD?  Serious
question.

I’ve never understood how they can just sit on this without having to do
something with it.

On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 8:34 PM Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster at mykolab.com>
wrote:

> Both articles are base don Doug Madory's research:
>
> https://www.kentik.com/blog/wait-did-as8003-just-disappear/
>
> Cheers,
>
> - ferg
>
>
> On 9/10/21 5:26 PM, Daniel Lacey wrote:
>
> > Just saw an article in the Washington Post explaining what went on…
> >
> > It was a follow up to the Apr 24 and 26 articles…
> >
> > I don’t have a link without a subscription….
> >
> > Basically, unused IPv4 addresses from DOD were being transferred to
> > Global Resource  Systems. It was transferred back today.This is some
> > pilot program for network resilience by the Pentagon unit Defense
> > Digital Service.
> >
> > I don’t know if this is a smoke screen or exactly what “they” say it is…
> > Just trying to fill in the blanks…
> >
> >> On Sep 10, 2021, at 15:40, Compton, Rich A <Rich.Compton at charter.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> 
> >>
> >> Hi, this week it looks like the DoD owned squat space that was
> >> previously advertised by AS 8008 (a shadow company called Global
> >> Resource Systems,
> >> seehttps://
> apnews.com/article/technology-business-government-and-politics-b26ab809d1e9fdb53314f56299399949
> >> <
> https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-government-and-politics-b26ab809d1e9fdb53314f56299399949>)
>
> >> is now being advertised by AS 749 (DoD Network Information Center).
> >> Does anyone have any idea why this change was made?  Is the DoD
> >> planning on actually legitimately putting services on the space soon
> >> instead of using it as a giant honeypot?  Or maybe even selling it?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Rich
> >>
>
>
> --
> Paul Ferguson
> Tacoma, WA  USA
> Illegitimi non carborundum.
>
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