On Tue, 10 May 2011 10:22:03 -0400 Christopher Morrow <morrowc.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:15 AM, Scott Brim <scott.b...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 09:42, Leigh Porter > > <leigh.por...@ukbroadband.com> wrote: > >> So are they basing this on you downloading it or on making it > >> available for others? > > > > Without knowing the details, I wouldn't assume any such level of > > competence or integrity. It could just be a broad witch hunt. > > I know of a decent sized global ISP that ran (runs?) a large darknet > that was the equivalent of a few /16's routed to a fbsd host running > 'tcpdump' (a tad more complex, but essentially this). BayTSP (one of > the 'make legal threats for the mpaa/riaa' firms) sent ~2k notes to > the ISP about downloaders on these ips. > > Looking at netflow data (sample 1:1 on that interface) they had > portscanned (from ip space registered in their name) each address in > the range and sent subpoena-material to all ips that they thought they > got a response from. > > At least baytsp got theirs? (money I mean) > Do you have any links to evidence of this? I would love to just be able to automatically throw BayTSP mails in the garbage, but I can't just blindly do it if there is any chance of them being legitimate. William
