Re: [#135346] Unauthorized BGP Announcements (follow up to Hijacked Networks)

[David Conrad <drc () virtualized org>]

On Jan 31, 2012, at 5:52 PM, Mark Andrews wrote:
> > "We have a contractual relationship with our customer to announce that =
> > space.  We have neither a contractual relationship (in this context) =
> > with the RIR nor the RIR's customer.  The RIR and/or the RIR's customer =
> > should resolve this issue with our customer."
>
> And if I have a contract to commit murder that doesn't mean that
> it is right nor legal.  A contract can't get you out of dealing
> with the law of the land and in most place in the world "aiding and
> abetting" is illegal.

You appear to be making a large number of assumptions on limited evidence. In the case I'm familiar with, I can assure 
you that no laws were being broken (even if all the parties were in the same country, which they weren't).  However, 
this is getting off-topic and I don't want to hijack the thread.  The issue of route hijacking is quite serious and it 
will be interesting to see how this all works out.

Regards,
-drc