Re: Interesting Ali Express web server behavior...

[Sabri Berisha <sabri () cluecentral net>]

----- On Dec 9, 2023, at 9:55 PM, Owen DeLong via NANOG nanog () nanog org wrote:

Hi,

> Location: http://33.3.37.57/

> But why would AliExpress be redirecting to DDN space? Is this legitimate? Ali
> hoping to get away with squatting, or something else?

Not very long ago I worked for a well-known e-commerce platform where we nearly
ran out of RFC1918 space. We seriously considered using what was then
un-advertised DOD space to supplement RFC1918 space inside our data centers.

Perhaps AliExpress did get to that level of desperateness?

Thanks,

Sabri