[Infowarrior] - Brian Krebs column on network hijacking

[Richard Forno]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk at gsp.org>
> Date: May 8, 2008 11:08:38 AM EDT
> To: Dave Farber <dave at farber.net>, Richard Forno <rforno at infowarrior.org 
> >, Fergie <fergdawg at netzero.net>
> Subject: Brian Krebs column on network hijacking
>
> Brian Krebs of the Washington Post has written a column about the
> apparent hijacking of a /16:
>
> 	A Case of Network Identity Theft? - Security Fix
> 	http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/04/a_case_of_network_identity_the_1.html
>
> That column is largely based on the fine research done by Ronald  
> Guilmette,
> available here:
>
> 	47-usc-230c2.org
> 	http://www.47-usc-230c2.org/
>
> I find myself wondering -- given recent discussions about the possible
> exhaustion of IPv4 space on NANOG and similar -- how many network  
> blocks
> are unaccounted for, or disused, or controlled by someone other than
> their putative owners.
>
> ---Rsk