Re:Scans of North Korean IP Space
by ghshephard on Saturday December 20, 2014 @05:20PM
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There is a huge market (In the Billions of dollars) for used technology hardware - I've seen some warehouses that had over $500million dollars (at list price) of used Networking and Server equipment. I can't believe it would be particularly difficult for places like Cuba, North Korea, etc... to purchase a bunch of containers of Cisco Routers or HP servers and have them routed through cut-out countries before final shipping to them.
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Exactly! Which means the embargo isn't doing anything but enriching the cut-out countries.
It's making it more expensive for the embargoed to get goods.
> I've seen some
Please elaborate! If you're comfortable with it of course.
Re:Scans of North Korean IP Space
by ghshephard on Saturday December 20, 2014 @11:39PM
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These guys (who I've worked with back when they were NHR) have massive warehouses of used equipment that you purchase for 70-80% off list. They sell about $250mm worth of equipment each year.
Here is their distribution center: https://www.curvature.com/DistributionCenter
Carrying inventory valued at $200mm.
You'd be surprised. There's a guy in San Jose with two giant warehouses full of Atari products.