On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 1:28 PM Rob McEwen <r...@invaluement.com> wrote:
> > A take on the 1979 movie "When A Stranger Calls" - "have you checked the > children?" becomes "have you checked the IP registration?" > > [image: Have you checked the IP registration?] > > > The vast majority of the time, Ron Guilmette does "the Lord's work" - but > THIS time - it looks to me like he put his political biases ahead of legit > anti-abuse, and it's no surprise that we now have a trail of destruction > left behind, along with much "innocent bystander" collateral damage. > > Is DDoS-Guard without blame? Probably not, but them hosting some > occasional criminals is NOT UNLIKE EVERY OTHER GLOBAL NETWORK! So like > other large and diversity global networks, anti abuse should focus on > removing their worst criminals/spammers. By these SAME standards, many > other large and famous networks should lose most or much of their IPs too! > > So here we are, with many OTHER networks now legitimately freaked out > about losing their IPs, and with massive potential collateral damage that > might hurt many "innocent bystanders" each time that is done! > > They are not losing IPs because of hosting questionable content. It's very reassuring to see RIR policies being enforced; there is a sentiment of lack of accountability in IP allocations and that changing is positive for all the ecosystem. Rubens
