You do know that I was joking, don't you?? Sorry, I didn't know that NANOG has a humor filter on it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Weeks" <surfer@mauigateway.com> To: <nanog@merit.edu> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 16:26 Subject: Re: New IANA IPv4 allocation to AfriNIC (41/8)
This is to inform you that the IANA has allocated the following one (1) IPv4 /8 block to AfriNIC:
41/8 AfriNIC
To those suggesting a block of 41/8 to stop the Nigerian 419 problem or any other percieved problem:
C'mon Africa != Nigeria. It's an entire friggin' continent with 53 other countries besides Nigeria. How does that saying go? "I encourage my competitors to do this." (Oh yeah, don't forget to block all Chinese IP addresses while you're at it. That's only one country... 8-) Do you REALLY think blocking 41/8 will stop those emails?
AfriNIC just received final recognition as the 5th RIR by ICANN a few days ago after 8 years of hard work. Give 'em a break! See www.afrinic.net
scott