On Jan 31, 2012, at 5:52 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > > In message <7b85f9d8-ba9e-4341-9242-5eb514895...@virtualized.org>, David > Conrad > writes: >>> I hope none of you ever get hijacked by a spammer housed at Phoenix = >> NAP. :) >> >> In the dim past, I had a somewhat similar situation: >> >> - A largish (national telco of a small country) ISP started announcing = >> address space a customer of theirs provided. Unfortunately, the address = >> space wasn't the ISP's customer's to provide. >> - When the ISP was notified by both their RIR and the organization to = >> which the address space was rightfully delegated, the ISP's response = >> was: >> >> "We have a contractual relationship with our customer to announce that = >> space. We have neither a contractual relationship (in this context) = >> with the RIR nor the RIR's customer. The RIR and/or the RIR's customer = >> should resolve this issue with our customer." >> >> It as an eye-opening experience. >> >> Regards, >> -drc > > And if I have a contract to commit murder that doesn't mean that > it is right nor legal. A contract can't get you out of dealing > with the law of the land and in most place in the world "aiding and > abetting" is illegal. > > Mark > -- > Mark Andrews, ISC > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
Not to put a damper on things, but, is there actually any law that precludes use of integers as internet addresses contrary to the registration data contained in RIR databases? I can see how a case might be made for tortious interference, but I think it's quite nebulous and I believe a civil matter at best. IANAL, but, I actually wonder if there is any way to construe the behavior in question as criminal and if so, under what statute(s). Owen
