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Re: BGP-based blackholing/hijacking patented in Australia?

  • From: Christopher L. Morrow
  • Date: Thu Aug 12 11:12:21 2004 
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Niels Bakker wrote:
>
> The implications of this are scary.  Hijacking of IP space by a private
> company, supported by the government?
>

this happens today in many countries....
 1) france and the 'yahoo nazi site'
 2) state of PA (usa) and child porn sites
 3) panama and blocking of VOIP traffic

there are quite a few more, and yes, it's not too pretty ;(