Re: Cogent & FDCServers: Knowingly aiding and abetting fraud and theft?

[Daniel Seagraves <dseagrav () humancapitaldev com>]

> On Oct 12, 2019, at 12:22 PM, Seth Mattinen <sethm () rollernet us> wrote:
>
> How exactly is it punishment that BGP needs an AS number?

It’s not. I was objecting to the implication that if someone announces a prefix that has not been transferred to their 
ownership it is fraudulent or shady, and as a consequence I should be forced to surrender my addresses since I can’t 
announce them myself.