Re: Amazon now controls 3.0.0.0/8

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

4.0.0.0/8 has been GTE/Level3 forever.

4.2.2.1 - 6 have been L3 DNS as far back as I can remember.

On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 8:32 PM Todd Underwood <toddunder () gmail com> wrote:

> google used 4.4.4.4 for DNS in the past (2010, IIRC).
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> On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 8:21 PM Steve Meuse <smeuse () mara org> wrote:
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> > I think it was the dial modem team that beat us to 4.4.4.0/24?
> >
> > -Steve
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 7:44 PM John Orthoefer <jco () direwolf com> wrote:
> >
> > > I wish we could have used 4.4.4.4. Although at the time I suspect we
> > > would have used 4.4.4.[123].
> > >
> > > Johno
> > >
> > > On Nov 8, 2018, at 18:58, Matt Erculiani <merculiani () gmail com> wrote:
> > >
> > > So it looks like GE will be solvent for a few more years and 3.3.3.3 DNS
> > > is incoming.
> > >
> > > -Matt
> > >
> > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2018, 17:54 Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com wrote:
> > >
> > > > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18407173
> > > >
> > > > Quoting from the post:
> > > >
> > > > "
> > > >
> > > > Apparently bought in two chunks: 3.0.0.0/9 and 3.128.0.0/9.
> > > >
> > > > Previous owner was GE.
> > > >
> > > > Anecdotal reports across the Internet that AWS EIPs are now being
> > > > assigned in that range.
> > > >
> > > > https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-3-0-0-0-1.html
> > > >
> > > > https://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-3-128-0-0-1.html
> > > > "