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2021-04-25 Science & Technology

'It's the biggest thing in the history of the internet': Pentagon quietly transfers 175 million internet addresses worth $4BILLION to mysterious firm at shared workspace in Florida

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-04-25 08:16|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Spy chief warns cyber threat from China could see it control the 'global operating system' as West faces 'moment of reckoning' in race for tech supremacy

Posted by Skidmark 2021-04-25 09:10|| 2021-04-25 09:10|| Front Page Top

#2 If they're IPv4 addresses, it's hard to see it as a big deal.

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-04-25 11:05|| 2021-04-25 11:05|| Front Page Top

#3 There isn't a subnet which is around 175M in size. 175M is somewhere between 28 and 29 bits in the subnet mask. Unless the DOD has 175M individual IP addresses.
Being the DOD, and the ARPA originated the 'Internet' it makes sense they might still have huge sections they can dispose.
I suspect the reporter doesn't know what he's talking about - big surprise there. Where do you 'buy' an IP address for $25 anyway? You can register a domain name for about that much (depending on the type).
If they are IPV6 addresses then this isn't 4% of the space.
My guess is that the DOD has several subnets it is getting rid of (making available to the public) and they are using this as a mechenism to do so.

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-04-25 12:18|| 2021-04-25 12:18|| Front Page Top

#4 Is this really War on Terror, or even WoT background? It seems more non-WoT to me, but I would like to hear from those here who know more on the subject before making that change.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-04-25 12:34|| 2021-04-25 12:34|| Front Page Top

#5 took place minutes before Trump left office

Weird, even if not relevant.

Posted by Clem 2021-04-25 12:37|| 2021-04-25 12:37|| Front Page Top

#6 I don't get it.

It costs nothing to create an internet address.

There are automated programs that can create a thousand a minute.

Posted by Lord Garth 2021-04-25 14:42|| 2021-04-25 14:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Since nearly all GIVERnment institutions are corrupt and broken we can only conclude it was to damage America and we will never be told the truth.

Posted by Airandee 2021-04-25 15:53|| 2021-04-25 15:53|| Front Page Top

#8 Good conversation.
I think this is prob SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, but it is DoD and they may have engaged a possibly black cutout GRS (a little like URS?). If they are mapping traffic these may or may not be in a IP block. They may be onion layers, cutouts and linkage endpoints.

Posted by Skidmark 2021-04-25 15:53|| 2021-04-25 15:53|| Front Page Top

#9 Ok — I’ll move to Science & Technology, but leave on Page 2: WoT Background/Politics. Thank you all.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-04-25 22:29|| 2021-04-25 22:29|| Front Page Top

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