[6bone] (OT but Relevant) Recent spammer tactics - BGP Hijacking

[John Fraizer]

On Fri, 9 May 2003, Colin Faber wrote:

> Recently on the IPv4 internet there have been a small but growing number of cases
> of BGP hijacking by spammers / spam gangs to get around black lists and filters.
> 
> Does/Is there anything in place with in the existing BGP+ protocol to prevent such
> things from happening.
> 
> The reason I ask is simple.  As the roll out of the v6 network continues you can
> guarantee that spammers will move to the v6 network following the rest of the
> E?SMTP's out there.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Colin Faber
> (303) 859-1491
> fpsn.net, Inc.
> * Black holes are where God divided by zero. *



Colin,

The measures for V6 are the same as for V4.  If the friggin' providers
would FILTER their customers responsibly, the hijackings wouldn't be
possible!


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