Rogers Canada using 7.0.0.0/8 for internal address space

[smb at cs.columbia.edu (Steven Bellovin)]

On May 24, 2011, at 9:29 06PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jimmy Hess" <mysidia at gmail.com>
> 
>> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:34 PM, <Vinny_Abello at dell.com> wrote:
>>> I think those within the organization that deploy those vehicles or
>>> are Navy SEALs might sit at different lunch tables than the guys worried
>>> about IP address collisions. ;-)
>> 
>> The F/A-18 Hornets, F/A-22 Raptors are well, and good, but that's old
>> technology The folks in charge of the MQ-1 predator drones might sit closer to
>> the guys worried about the IP addresses.
>> 
>> And automated drone strikes can always be blamed on a malfunction
>> caused by the hijacking
> 
> If packets that control armed drones cross any router that has access even to 
> SIPRnet, much less the Internet, someone's getting relieved.

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Militants-Hack-Unencrypted-Drone-Feeds-477219/

		--Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb