Blockchain and Networking

[morrowc.lists at gmail.com (Christopher Morrow)]

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 8:19 PM, Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists at gmail.com
> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 6:27 PM, Jimmy Hess <mysidia at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> since the  number registry is an authority of  limited power:  not an
>> authority of complete power.
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> Oh, the RIR's went and got complete power? When did that happen?
> Can they now stop hijacked ip space and announcements like in the case of:
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> "Subject:  Spectrum prefix hijacks"
>
> AS      | BGP IPv4 Prefix     | AS Name
> 10512   | 102.196.0.0/16      | EFOREX-AS - E-FOREX, US
> 10512   | 103.119.0.0/16      | EFOREX-AS - E-FOREX, US
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> (forex seemed to have removed their previous other hijacked ip
> announcements)
>

note that 'hilariously' neither of those 2 address blocks are registered to
anyone, at all...