Former DNSChanger addresses back into the wild
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The European IP address allocation authority RIPE NCC has awarded two of the used for the DNSChanger hack IP address blocks again. From last November to mid-July, the addresses had been operated according to a U.S. court decision by the FBI and U.S. technology companies ISC as a total blackout of the manipulated by computer software Changer private users had been feared. The new award was made too quickly, now lamented individual members of the FBI refinished border DNS Changer Working Group, led by the former ISC CEO Barry Greene. From the perspective of the RIPE NCC, the reallocation is however very normal procedure.
Still so afraid of administrators from among the North American Network Operators Group (NANOG), millions of computers could show with the twisted Changer by addresses to the addresses, a problem for the new owner. Inevo both in Romania (former DNSChanger block 93.188.160.0 to 93188167255) and Aurimus Rapalis in Lithuania (former DNSChanger block 85.255.112.0 to 85255127255) using the addresses currently still not accessible from the outside server. Whether they even want to keep the addresses are in "quarantine" or how they want to respond to a possible flood redirected DNS requests to be silent both Hoster from currently. Requests from H remained unanswered.
Gave warning of the reallocation is not loud RIPE NCC Managing Director Axel Pawlik. The processes involved in the normal address assignment saw the front not. After the RIPE NCC made compulsory de-registration of the DNSChanger blocks and a six-week waiting period they were given normal. "The blocks came from quarantine and the machines were fished out of the large pool and forgive," said Pavlik. Complaints or comments from the members there had previously been no. Ever see the thing on the part of the RIPE membership stride.
The whole thing, however, a political component, the RIPE NCC occurs but in early November against the Netherlands to court to obtain a decision as whether the police in Amsterdam in a coup not enforced freeze DNSChanger IP address blocks last year flatly was illegal. On request of the FBI colleagues, the Dutch prosecutors had forced the RIPE NCC to block any changes to the addresses.
After the lawyers at the RIPE NCC were first articulated, they had been brought round after a brief cooling off differently and the police declared without regular arrangement decision by a Dutch court to be void. Only by de-registering and re-allocation were made possible. Observers from Europe to see in the upcoming negotiations and a hint of how the Europeans continue with quick shots from across the Atlantic deal, especially if in the future by simply revoking routing certificates routing of indictees company may be hindered sustainable.
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