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Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space
From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 20:19:20 -0400
There's probably a legal mess around a government entity renting IP addresses. If the entity is registered as an end user (instead of as an ISP) then such rentals might also be considered fraudulent.
On a purely pragmatic level, it's also an exceedingly bad idea to let a private party who may turn out to be a criminal use IP addresses authentically registered to your government agency to commit crimes. As an end-user, you won't be able to SWIP information about the rental, leading angry law enforcement offers to knock upon your door. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ herrin () dirtside com bill () herrin us Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
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- Government agency renting or selling IP space Mel Beckman (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space William Herrin (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space William Herrin (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space Seth Mattinen (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space Mel Beckman (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space William Herrin (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space Mel Beckman (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space Jimmy Hess (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space Mel Beckman (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space William Herrin (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space William Herrin (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space Mel Beckman (Mar 16)
- Re: Government agency renting or selling IP space William Herrin (Mar 16)