Re: [#135346] Unauthorized BGP Announcements (follow up to Hijacked Networks)

[Seth Mattinen <sethm () rollernet us>]

On 2/1/12 10:16 AM, George Bonser wrote:
> Let's say I had a business in space in a building I was leasing at 100 Main Street, Podunk, USA.  Now let's say you 
> didn't renew the lease so I moved to a building up the block but put the 100 Main Street address on my new location 
> and continued to use that address for my business.
>
> Or let's say I operated a TV station on channel 37 that was allocated to you but you terminate my operating contract. 
>  So I lease/erect a new transmitter and continue broadcasting on channel 37.
>
> There obviously must be a remedy for two parties attempting to utilize the same resource at the same time, 
> particularly when one party is the rightfully in control of that resource's use.  It might be civil rather than 
> criminal but the rightful owner of the resource would have a good case.

The FCC has teeth if someone decided to disregard them. There is no
analogue in the world of IP address assignments.

~Seth