Re: Cogent & FDCServers: Knowingly aiding and abetting fraud and theft?

[Daniel Seagraves]

> On Oct 12, 2019, at 12:22 PM, Seth Mattinen <se...@rollernet.us> wrote:
> 
> How exactly is it punishment that BGP needs an AS number?

It’s not. I was objecting to the implication that if someone announces a prefix 
that has not been transferred to their ownership it is fraudulent or shady, and 
as a consequence I should be forced to surrender my addresses since I can’t 
announce them myself.