Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-04 Discussion Phase (Validation of "abuse-mailbox")

2020-05-11 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Sat, May 09, 2020 at 11:56:58AM +, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: In a case where the community is polarised to this extent it would be better to break with procedure and call a vote for once. With member organizations represented by their abuse team heads, rather than IP / routing

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-04 Discussion Phase (Validation of "abuse-mailbox")

2020-04-30 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 12:42:09PM +, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: RIPE NCC need not decide whether a behaviour is legal or not in order to prohibit use of resources that it allocates for such behaviour. Wearing a T-shirt, shorts and flip flops is perfectly legal and yet you can be

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] working in new version of 2019-04 (Validation of "abuse-mailbox")

2020-01-16 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 12:38:26PM -, Srgio Rocha wrote: It's amazing that nobody cant propose anything without receiving a shower of all sorts of arguments against It's called "democracy". As Chuchill said, it's an awful system but better than any other that have been tried. rgds,

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] @EXT: RE: working in new version of 2019-04 (Validation of "abuse-mailbox")

2020-01-16 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 03:36:46PM +, Marcolla, Sara Veronica wrote: Alex, You say ???they just feel this issue should be address via leveraging RIPE resouces???, but I do not see so far any concrete proposal in the sense of addressing issues, only shooting down proposals (for good or bad

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Mysteries of the Internet: AS65000

2019-04-14 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 06:30:50PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: Even if I accept that one of these explanation is accurate and correct, I am still left with one question: Who is "they" in this context? If it's a leaked internal private ASN, the next ASN upstream in the path should be the

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Mysteries of the Internet: AS65000

2019-04-14 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 05:43:55PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: https://bgp.he.net/AS65000#_asinfo https://bgp.he.net/AS65000#_prefixes https://bgp.he.net/AS65000#_prefixes6 https://bgp.he.net/AS65000#_peers https://bgp.he.net/AS65000#_peers6 The only other thing I feel compelled to say,

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] anti-abuse-wg Digest, Vol 89, Issue 15 -- was about 2019-03

2019-04-05 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 01:48:07PM +0100, Carlos Friaas wrote: Imho, that will also depend on this regulator's f-u-n-d-i-n-g model. Or are we supposed to see the uprising of a "FIR" (EU Federal Internet Registry), building on the NIR concept...? :-) That's exactly what I think *will* happen.

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] On +1s and Policy Awareness AND Astro... something...

2019-04-05 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
ne* agrees with that. I apologise if I didn't make this clear enough. I will endeavour to use even shorter words next time. rgds, SL ???On 05/04/19, 5:44 PM, "anti-abuse-wg on behalf of Sascha Luck [ml]" wrote: On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 06:41:52PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote:

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] anti-abuse-wg Digest, Vol 89, Issue 15 -- was about 2019-03

2019-04-05 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 08:23:12AM +0100, Carlos Friaas wrote: So you seem to prefer regulation over self-regulation? Not per se, just that I'd prefer governmental regulation over the kind of regulation 2019-03 envisions. And who would be doing that regulation? - some EC org (service region

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] On +1s and Policy Awareness AND Astro... something...

2019-04-05 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 06:41:52PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: RIPE can't tell anyone either what to announce (over BGP) much less what the individual IP addresses that people do announce are used for, which could include, and which often *does* include, the distribution of malware and

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] On +1s and Policy Awareness AND Astro... something...

2019-04-04 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 04:52:32PM +0100, CSIRT.UMINHO Marco Teixeira wrote: While I speak for myself, I might incur the risk of representing a lot of the so-called "Astroturfers?!". While some accuse (please don't take it personally, it's just clarification) the newcomers of being voiceless,

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] anti-abuse-wg Digest, Vol 89, Issue 15

2019-04-04 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 08:32:39PM +0200, Karl-Josef Ziegler wrote: Yes, this is also my opinion. The community should do something against this abusive behavior. If it isn't done by the community there might be some regulation coming from outside, i.e. political entities. And I doubt that

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Astroturfing?

2019-04-03 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 02:47:27PM +0100, Carlos Friaas wrote: Too easy (you might have missed this one...): Dear group members from Portugal stated your support for 2019-03, Can you please provide some more arguments than your humble "+1" statement? This is a working group, not a voting.

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Astroturfing?

2019-04-03 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 12:52:45PM +0100, Carlos Friaas via anti-abuse-wg wrote: Just like a few days ago i wrote that i hoped there wasn't any kind of discrimination against portuguese participants, i hope there isn't also any kind of discrimination against new participants on this WG.

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Astroturfing?

2019-04-03 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 01:18:10PM +0200, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via anti-abuse-wg wrote: "Lack of disagreement is more important than agreement" I read that as those opposing should explain why and provide inputs. Those agreeing can just say nothing or say "I agree". I don't actually agree

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-04-01 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 05:06:37PM +0100, Carlos Friaas via anti-abuse-wg wrote: The same way it happens with lack of payment, explicitly part of the contract (SSA). or delivering false/forged information to the NCC. explicitly part of the contract. You are trying to change the contract.

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 and over-reach

2019-03-24 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 02:32:23PM +, Carlos Friaas via anti-abuse-wg wrote: And while a member can feel it shouldn't be part of the same org/company/association than (bad?) actors, it doesn't feel right that it is that said member that should quit his/her membership. What do feelings

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-23 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
All, can I ask every participant in this discussion to PLEASE, PLEASE quote properly. It's becoming absolutely impossible to ascertain who wrote what and who made a statement and who answered it. To brass tacks: On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 01:44:21PM +0100, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 and over-reach

2019-03-23 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 01:02:15PM +0100, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via anti-abuse-wg wrote: Exactly, the vendors for barley, hops, etc., can also decide if they want to sell them or not. Different case, in this analogy, the NCC is the ONLY vendor for the necessary goods. If I don't want to

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 and over-reach

2019-03-23 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 12:52:36PM +0100, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via anti-abuse-wg wrote: If the reason for the withdrawal is doing actions that are used to make or facilitate illegal activities (again spam, DDoS, child pornography, etc.), I doubt it will be the reason for courts or regulators

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 and over-reach

2019-03-23 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Sat, Mar 23, 2019 at 12:29:21PM +0100, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via anti-abuse-wg wrote: I learnt that there is an association for craft beer producers and one of the rules was that if you have a sharing from an industrial beer producer, you are automatically expelled from the association.

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 and over-reach

2019-03-22 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 05:13:20PM +, Nick Hilliard wrote: The aim of the 2019-03 proposal, as far as I understand it, is to grant the RIPE NCC the authority to make formal judgements about alleged abuse of network resources with the implicit intention that unless the party involved ends

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-22 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 02:43:14PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: Yet Erik Bais is arguing that RIPE policy decisions should be driven by a desire to accomodate the needs of exactly such Bad Actors. That is For the second time in this discussion alone, you have resorted to

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-22 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 12:21:43PM +0100, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via anti-abuse-wg wrote: I don't think I've said that if it is really a victim. I know my English is bad, but not so terrible! not you, that was Carlos and he has since clarified what he meant. A direct peer I mean here is the

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-22 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 11:09:24AM +, Carlos Friaas via anti-abuse-wg wrote: With this self-regulatory framework in place hijackers (and everyone) will have in writing that their actions are not tolerated by the community, and if it comes to that, their 'business model' will be somewhat

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-22 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 11:12:02PM +0100, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via anti-abuse-wg wrote: 3) We may need to refine the text, but the suspected hijacker, in case of sponsored resources, is the suspected hijacker, not the sponsoring LIR (which may not even have relation to it). However, some

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-22 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 10:46:08PM -0700, Jacob Slater wrote: Route objects are not always required. While route objects are generally preferred and should be used, letters of authorization are still in use today. You certainly wouldn't see them in a public database (though you might see

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-22 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 01:35:54PM -0400, Jacob Slater wrote: While I am in general support of the proposal???s ideas, I have several concerns with regards to the specific implementation. Sadly, we don't know about the implementation details yet and that is another problem with this proposal.

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-22 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
Hi Marco, On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 04:30:21PM +, CSIRT.UMINHO Marco Teixeira wrote: While i understand this concern, i must say that communities that do not self-regulate, tend to be regulated from above, and that is (usually) not desirable. I think no one is sugesting that RIPE be a

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-21 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 08:33:22AM +, Carlos Friaas wrote: Not for the RIPE NCC. The NCC aims to restore compliance with the SSA and not to punish the member unless as a last resort. If the member keeps breaking compliance Where do you exactly see in 2019-03 the suggestion that

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-20 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
it is not in your power to determine consensus on this list so kindly leave this determination to the chairs. And Do Not EVER propose to silence me again. [profanity redacted] SL ???On 21/03/19, 8:27 AM, "Sascha Luck [ml]" wrote: On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 07:06:40AM +0530, Suresh Ramas

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-20 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 07:06:40AM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: The discussion does seem to be going in circles. A series of objections from Sascha and then various people countering it ??? none of whom appear to be lawyers of any stripe, discussing the legality (or not) of this

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-20 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 05:09:42PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: I'm not persuaded that it is. Here on this side of the pond we do not, in general, suffer fools gladly -or- coddle troublemakers, especially when it comes to private commercial contractual arrangements, which is, after all,

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-20 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 11:04:53PM +, Carlos Friaas wrote: I don't think that word means what you think it does. "criminal" has a very precise legal meaning. If you think that advertisement of numbers is a criminal act, please provide jurisdiction, act and article under which it is. Three

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-20 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 11:04:53PM +, Carlos Friaas wrote: I don't think that word means what you think it does. "criminal" has a very precise legal meaning. If you think that advertisement of numbers is a criminal act, please provide jurisdiction, act and article under which it is. Three

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-20 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 02:26:28PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: countinue to make, the exact same mistake that Mr. Luck has made here, i.e. failing to note the clear distinction between things that are "political" and things that are abjectly and abundantly criminal, I don't think that

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-20 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 01:00:24PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: In all of the apartments I've ever rented in my life, if you violated the rules then you would be out on your ear in three days. This is a horrible analogy. If there was only one provider of apartments in your region and

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-20 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
If you are a victim (someone has abused your network), then just prove it and the policy won't apply and the hivemind will even assist you in cleaning your router. LOL, two of the oldest lies in history neatly rolled into one statement: "If you have done nothing wrong you have nothing to

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-20 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
Hi Jordi, On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 03:45:24PM +0100, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via anti-abuse-wg wrote: Service Agreement. This I consider harmful to the standing of the RIPE NCC as an impartial, non-political resource registry. This has been one of our main concerns while developing the

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2019-03 New Policy Proposal (BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation)

2019-03-20 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
All, On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 01:41:22PM +0100, Marco Schmidt wrote: A new RIPE Policy proposal, 2019-03, "BGP Hijacking is a RIPE Policy Violation", is now available for discussion. The goal of this proposal is to define that BGP hijacking is not accepted as normal practice within the RIPE

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] GDPR - positive effects on email abuse

2018-05-29 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 11:43:03AM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: ... Sucks when all the free stuff you've been using to make money gets taken away, doesn't it? LOL, Sascha Luck In message <9d061c1e-2d17-48b1-fc72-3c08026bb...@key-systems.net>, Volker Greimann wrote: Even in those

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] GDPR - positive effects on email abuse

2018-05-29 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 02:50:09PM +0200, Simon Forster wrote: Would you be able to point to the section of the GDPR which states this? Admission: I have yet to make it to the end of the 88 pages of the act without falling asleep. It derives (also the tenor of NOYB's filing, aiui) from

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] GDPR - positive effects on email abuse

2018-05-29 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 02:00:22PM +0200, Simon Forster wrote: Law enforcement doesn't provide anti-virus tools. Law enforcement doesn't offer secure transport services for cash and gold. Law enforcement doesn???t provide locks for front doors. Private companies provide those services. Your

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] GDPR - positive effects on email abuse

2018-05-29 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 02:00:22PM +0200, Simon Forster wrote: Publishing that data was perfectly legal pre-GDPR. It _may_ be legal post GDPR. Until this is tested in court, definitives are just so much posturing. And the argument is likely to be more nuanced anyway. If I want to register a

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Decision on Proposal 2017-02

2018-03-16 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
wish to propose something that involves other media, please do. But at present, this is the medium in use. Thanks, Brian Co-Chair, RIPE AA-WG >> -Original Message- >> From: anti-abuse-wg <anti-abuse-wg-boun...@ripe.net> On Behalf Of >> Sascha Luck [ml] >> S

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Decision on Proposal 2017-02

2018-03-15 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
remains so far entirely unaddressed - why does a proposal and its implementation plan prescribe the use of email (in 2018!) for contact information? rgds, Sascha Luck -Original Message- From: anti-abuse-wg <anti-abuse-wg-boun...@ripe.net> On Behalf Of Sascha Luck [ml] Sent: Thurs

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] [policy-announce] 2017-02 Review Phase (Regular abuse-c Validation)

2018-01-22 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 04:20:41PM +, Sascha Luck [ml] wrote: it. (However, since I'm not sure the implementation process cannot just change without my consent, I still oppose it on this point, too) Actually, a question for the chairs on the PDP: Is the implentation plan a part

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] [policy-announce] 2017-02 Review Phase (Regular abuse-c Validation)

2018-01-22 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 04:45:43PM +0200, ox wrote: Have I made myself sufficiently clear? Not really. Right. I will then re-iterate all of my arguments including the ones against v1. 1) The proposal states: "Improving the trust and safety of the IP address space is a priority for the RIPE

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] [policy-announce] 2017-02 Review Phase (Regular abuse-c Validation)

2018-01-22 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 03:56:05PM +0200, ox wrote: so, still, there has been no objections to the verification process - if you have an objection to the process or would like to contribute an improvement, please do so Sascha? OK, so for the avoidance of doubt among the trolls and the rules

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] 2017-02 Review Phase (Regular abuse-c Validation)

2018-01-19 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 12:22:28PM +0100, Marco Schmidt wrote: The RIPE NCC has prepared an impact analysis on this latest proposal version to support the community???s discussion. You can find the full proposal and impact analysis at:

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] [db-wg] RIPE Policy Proposal 2017-02 Validates Database Attributes

2017-09-08 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
All, I will discuss this here as I do not accept the Anti-Abuse WG as a forum for this proposal. For one thing, this proposal affects every ripedb user - in fact, as this entails changes to how the NCC provides services, the services-wg would be an even better venue. For another, given the

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Bringing Law Enforcement Into the RIPE Community

2017-08-01 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 06:13:54PM +0200, Malte von dem Hagen wrote: Nobody mandatorily needs IP space. Point is, if you ???need??? own IP space, that is always out of free will, curiosity, business concept or something similar, but never by force. You just weaken yourself by enclosing a

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Bringing Law Enforcement Into the RIPE Community

2017-08-01 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 06:31:07PM +0200, Sander Steffann wrote: If you dislike the engagement that RIPE NCC has with external organisations (see https://www.ripe.net/about-us/what-we-do/engagement-external-organisations) then the RIPE NCC General Meeting and/or exec-bo...@ripe.net seem the

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Bringing Law Enforcement Into the RIPE Community

2017-08-01 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 05:29:04PM +0200, Malte von dem Hagen wrote: nobody is a mandatory member of RIPE. I did contemplate putting text in my email to forestall this idiotic argument because I knew someone would not be above bringing it. Everyone in the RIPE NCC service region who needs

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Bringing Law Enforcement Into the RIPE Community

2017-08-01 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 05:19:50PM +0100, Sascha Luck [ml] wrote: This is the first I've even heard of this. Surely the membership should at least be asked whether they want an organisation they are *mandatory* members of to become a close ally of a political LEA like Europol. Oh, and can we

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Bringing Law Enforcement Into the RIPE Community

2017-08-01 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Aug 01, 2017 at 03:00:28PM +0100, Brian Nisbet wrote: https://labs.ripe.net/Members/richard_leaning/bringing-law-enforcement-into-the-ripe-community It certainly is "interesting". For instance: "we recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Europol to foster even better

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WG Chair Mailing List Decision

2017-02-17 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 04:22:55PM +, HRH Prince Sven Olaf von CyberBunker wrote: cuz we thought it should be more like 'ddos ddos ddos' 'hijacked prefix' 'ddos' 'mass hack' 'ddos' 'someone switched off the electricity' 'someone cut some fibers'...'spamhaus illegally scraped the ripe db for

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WG Chair Mailing List Decision

2017-02-17 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 04:45:54PM +, Brian Nisbet wrote: We are not here to talk about other instances. This is about one instance. There does need to be further conversation about the AA-WG community and the list. Agree. There is quite a lot of material that did not make it to the list

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WG Chair Mailing List Decision

2017-02-17 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 04:19:15PM +0100, Gert Doering wrote: There is a fine line between "freedom of speech" and "violating the freedom of others". An argument used exclusively by wannabe censors over the centuries. I consider it discredited. Anyone should be free to state their opinions.

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WG Chair Mailing List Decision

2017-02-16 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 01:05:19PM +, Brian Nisbet wrote: This morning Tobias and I asked the NCC to take the very unusual step, effectively immediately, of removing the person behind sv...@xs4all.nl from the Anti-Abuse WG mailing list. This was not done lightly, rather it was done to

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] The well-behaved ISP's role in spamfight

2017-02-13 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 05:43:09PM +0100, peter h wrote: The role for an ISP in fighting abuse is to detect and prevent it's customer from sending malware & spam out of it's network. Not filter incoming stuff, that would be censoring. And requiring to submit publications to a third party for

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Language on List

2017-02-02 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 09:34:50AM -0500, Jeffrey Race wrote: On Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:08:44 +0200, ox wrote: then again, I may be very wrong - so help me out :) The universal rule of ladies and gentlemen is to avoid giving offense. So one does not discuss or use references (unless in a

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] RIPE Charter

2016-08-22 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 01:16:47PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: More to the point however, although RIPE NCC may indeed wish, as a matter of policy, to refrain from disclosing "non-public information", any such policy is obviously, demonstratably, and utterly irrelevant to the request I

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Definition of Abuse

2016-08-16 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 07:42:05PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: Perhaps you subscribe to Mr Goebbels' axiom that, if you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth? Can I get an official ruling on this? Does the above qualify as a "Godwin"? (And do I get a coupon for that? :-) No,

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Russian carding... no, Islandic carding... no Belizian carding!

2016-08-12 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 03:21:04PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: ...are *assigned* to the end user by a LIR from larger space *allocated* to the LIR by the RIR (RIPE NCC in this case) I do (and did) see that the /26 that has irked me most recently is indeed, as you say, just a smallish

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] RIPE Charter

2016-08-10 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
In *policy* matters, like "under which rules does the RIPE NCC hand out IP addresses", the RIPE *community* decides, by following the policy development process the community has given itself. The NCC acts as the secretariat that manages the resources according to these policies. Well, even a

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] RIPE Charter

2016-08-10 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 12:27:04PM -0700, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: I'm still trying to understand. RIPE is *not* RIPE NCC and vise versa, correct? I mean they are two different things, legally speaking, yes? A person or legal entity could be a member of "RIPE" and yet not be a member of

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] objection to RIPE policy proposal 2016-01

2016-03-07 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 09:08:47AM +, Brian Nisbet wrote: I may have missed the logic behind this. Any RIPE WG can make policy, why should AA-WG be any different? aawg is not different, the problem is precisely that any WG can make policy. There should be ONE list on which policy is

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] objection to RIPE policy proposal 2016-01

2016-03-07 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Sat, Mar 05, 2016 at 10:54:45AM +, Michele Neylon - Blacknight wrote: Considering the IPv4 space is such a valuable resource now I???d happily argue that if you do a bad job of managing it then maybe you shouldn???t have it You should not forget to add the "and instead I should have it"

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-06 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 11:38:52PM +0100, Sander Steffann wrote: But the RIPE NCC isn't an official party in that contract. The contract is between end user and LIR. Well... Considering that such a contract must be submitted to, and approved by, the RIPE NCC (or it will not result in the

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-06 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 11:57:18AM -0500, Jeffrey Race wrote: The internet resource management mechanism as managed by RIRs and LIRS is "of a criminal nature", do I understand you correctly? The mechanism is the internet Uhuh. I guess it's just as well that barely any operators seem to read

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-06 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Fri, Nov 06, 2015 at 07:23:39PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: That is what floating this in the db wg will establish - whether it is actually a member revolt or one individual???s opinion Consensus is a wonderful thing when it is achieved You're touching on a very sore point for me.

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-05 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 01:31:31PM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: In message <20151104143230.gk47...@cilantro.c4inet.net>, I really would like to be there with a video camera the next time you find yourself having to go through airport security. YouTube stardom awaits us. Yeah, but not

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-05 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 03:48:43PM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: Laugh now... while you can. Threats again, is it? I call on the chairs to point out to this individual that n.a.n.a.e tactics are not welcome on this list. I also end my participation in this discussion here. Given that you

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-05 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 01:50:37PM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: It has been well more than just one or two cases, and I suspect that you know that. Only one or two GLARING cases per month perhaps, but over time it has added up. so what? the NCC has 14,000 members (or thereabouts) and

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Solving the issue of rogue ROUTE objects in the RIPE Database

2015-11-05 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 07:40:58PM +, ripede...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: STEP 2 For those ROUTE objects from STEP 1 where the out of region resource does exist, hold the object creation as pending. The mechanism for doing this already exists in the RIPE Database software as it is used for

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-05 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 11:41:32PM +0100, denis wrote: When it comes to getting an ASN the AUT-NUM does require reference to a PERSON/ROLE object. But you can pick any PERSON or ROLE object in the database and reference them. Technically there is no cross checking. The 'owner' of those objects

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-04 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 01:10:01PM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: I'm just putting myself in their shoes. If I were them, and I was asked my opinion about something that, in the short run at least. would, increase my workload, I would scream, holler, tear my hair out, pound my fist on the

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-04 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
I don't think it can be done without turning the NCC into something like the NSA and even then I doubt it would be 100% effective. Many governments throughout history have tried to have all the data they can on their citizens... I am not persuaded that this is at all a valid or fair comparison.

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-04 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 09:02:42PM +0100, denis wrote: It has served very well over the years but it does have limitations now. This is a database. You put stuff in and get stuff out. When you need a full day course to learn the basics of putting stuff in, it shouts there is a problem. I

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-04 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 02:44:15PM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: That having been said it might still be either necessary or advisable to put a CAPTCHA in front of the RIPE account creation process, e.g. if there isn't one there already, just to stop some mindless automaton from trying to

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-04 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 02:57:21PM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: Just curious... How would automated verification of snail-mail addresses and/or positive automated verification of contact phone numbers implicate any contractual issues? This particular mechanism may or may not. That's for

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-04 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 12:49:34PM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette wrote: Police have guns. They have handcuffs. They can arrest people. As long as RIPE's only power is to kick certain bogus and/or poorly maintained records out of the data base, there seems little danger that RIPE will

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-04 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 12:05:28AM +, ripede...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: the sponsoring LIR should be restricted to an LIR in the same geographical/political/language area as the end user resource holder. Otherwise it could render the whole notion of an LIR validating their sponsored user's data

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-04 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 11:30:50AM -0500, Jeffrey Race wrote: From an engineering standpoint you absolutely must have at least one redundant channel, with an acknowledgement mechanism (e.g. registered mail). But fax is also possible for this because the receipt is stamped with date/time of

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] WHOIS (AS204224)

2015-11-04 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 06:17:10PM +0100, denis wrote: That may well be right, but if the sponsor cannot understand the language of the resource holder the validation may not be very effective. The price you pay for a globalised society. I can see your point but this isn't something you can

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Verifiability (was: WHOIS (AS204224))

2015-11-02 Thread Sascha Luck [ml]
On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 08:06:56AM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: It needn't be done except as an additional verification step for new asns and suspect ones Sigh. Having an ASN assigned involves exchange of signed contracts between sponsoring LIR and end-user. These, as well as company