What do you mean with "purchasing or renting IPv4". Last time that I check it was not possible in the RIR world. If you mean "hijacking" unused IPv4 space, that's another history. .as On 7 Oct 2011, at 15:11, Joly MacFie wrote:
I'd welcome comments as to solutions to this. Or is it just scaremongering?
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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com> Date: Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 1:31 PM
Botnets buying up IPv4 address space
http://j.mp/nMJ5Lr (Threat Post)
"Now, in one effort to get around these systems, some attackers are taking advantage of the lack of IPV4 space by either purchasing or renting blocks of IP space with good reputations that have been built up over the course of several years. A number of legitimate trading and auction sites have appeared as the IPV4 space became scarcer, and the attackers have gotten involved as well, getting their hands on known good IP blocks and using them for C&C or hosting malware."
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