anyone noticing a rise in spam?

[Raymond Dijkxhoorn]

Hi!

> A friend of mine mentioned that some of the more sophisticated spammers
> have been hijacking IP space and AS numbers.  For example, 9.0.0.0/8
> belongs to IBM and is NEVER on a public network (so you can safely filter
> that out), and some of the dot.gone companies have seen their IP space
> hijacked.  It's getting to be quite a mess.

On NANOG, one of the lists that network admins use there has been a lot
of talk about hijacked AS numbers and IP ranges. Its not only that
particular block you mention, but much more ...

Its a pain.

Bye,
Raymond.