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If....smurf is a terrorist tool my friend..... Dave Van Allen wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Randy Bush [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, April 09, 1998 11:51 PM > To: Dalvenjah FoxFire > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: AS8584 taking over the internet > > > IOW, if some terrorist group manages to get set up where they can announce > > BGP, they can toy essentially with whatever they like, until people/their > > upstream gets a clue and installs filters. > > -before we get too hysterical, it may be worth noting that to date the > -problems have been caused by lack of clue, not lack of ethics, morals, > -or empathy. not that this is reason less for caution, but it might > -guide our reaction towards the actual, as opposed to imagined, problems. > > -randy > > Nevertheless, he is right. > > Best regards, > > David Van Allen - FASTNET(tm) / You Tools Corporation > [email protected] (888)321-FAST(3278) http://www.fast.net > FASTNET - Business and Personal Internet Solutions -- ��4i1�
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