Re: New IANA IPv4 allocation to AfriNIC (41/8)

[Hank Nussbacher <hank () mail iucc ac il>]

At 11:26 AM 13-04-05 -1000, Scott Weeks wrote:

If based on statistics (from 2004), then I think we should block 
California, New York, Texas and Florida:

http://www.fraud.org/2004-internet%20scams.pdf

Those 4 together exceed all foreign countries for fraud origination.

:-)

-Hank


> 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?