Millions of the Pentagon’s dormant IP addresses sprang to life on January 20

It actually doesn't seem that unreasonable to me that a company as large as Amazon sees vast, unused resources held by the government. They publish an article as a sort of "wink wink, nudge nudge" to see if they can get it put up for auction.

In fact, I'd be shocked if someone at Amazon or another company hasn't tried to ask the Pentagon about this.

> Russell Goemaere, a spokesman for the Defense Department, confirmed in a statement to The Washington Post that the Pentagon still owns all the IP address space and hadn’t sold any of it to a private party.

I bet they'd find a buyer if they wanted to sell.

edit: Downvotes? Really? I'm just trying to start a conversation on something I find interesting.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26925616

Re: Millions of the Pentagon’s dormant IP addresses sprang to life on January 20

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Post by pgn674 » Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 3:40 PM UTC

"several Chinese companies use network numbering systems that resemble the U.S. military’s IP addresses in their internal systems"

I don't think I've heard of this before. What does it mean? Does China operate a disconnected BGP network? Or do they have some modified protocol, or what?

Re: Millions of the Pentagon’s dormant IP addresses sprang to life on January 20

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Post by woah » Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 3:44 PM UTC

pgn674 wrote: post #7

"several Chinese companies use network numbering systems that resemble the U.S. military’s IP addresses in their internal systems" I don't think I've heard of this before. What does it mean? Does China operate a disconnected BGP network? Or do they have some modified protocol, or what?

These IP addresses were unused for a very long time, so using them on internal networks worked fine. Once the Floridian company in the article started announcing them, gateway routers on the Chinese internal networks may have started sending their traffic to Florida.

Re: Millions of the Pentagon’s dormant IP addresses sprang to life on January 20

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Post by pelagic_sky » Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 3:46 PM UTC

codeproject wrote: post #17

jvdvegt wrote: post #2

Paywall-free link: https://archive.is/tKOOA

Thanks a lot, Appreciate. It is not I don't want to pay the washingtonpost.com. I just don't have time to read them.

Thank you! Had to use Safari on mobile as the captcha did not play well with Firefox.

Re: Millions of the Pentagon’s dormant IP addresses sprang to life on January 20

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Post by pelagic_sky » Sat, Apr 24, 2021, 3:47 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #6

I want to reply to the following dead comment [1] > Aah, the wapo, that's Bezos, isn't it? It actually doesn't seem that unreasonable to me that a company as large as Amazon sees vast, unused resources held by the government. They publish an article as a sort of "wink wink, nudge nudge" to see if they can get it put up for auction. In fact, I'd be shocked if someone at Amazon or another company hasn't tried to ask th…

I don’t know why you’re being down voted. It’s an interesting idea.