Re: DOD prefixes and AS8003 / GRSCORP

[William Herrin <bill () herrin us>]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 3:01 AM Owen DeLong via NANOG <nanog () nanog org> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 3:35 PM Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org> wrote:
> > I think one cause for concern is why “almost all DOD prefixes (7.0.0.0/8,11.0.0.0/8,22.0.0.0/8 and bunch of /22s) 
> > are now announced under AS8003 (GRSCORP) which was just formed a few months ago,”

> I’m also not of the same belief as you that GRSCORP was just formed a few months ago.

It's not unusual to create a "cutout" or shell company to hold the
network resources when the (larger) defense contractor wants to keep
its identity dissociated from the Internet activity.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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