Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-15 Thread Tim Burke
I’d vote for whoever promises to perma ban Cogent and all of these other clowns from access WHOIS data. Someone get on that! > On Oct 13, 2023, at 19:33, Randy Bush wrote: > > i received an arin board electioneering "vote for me" today. i guess > now i have to go vote against then. > > randy

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-13 Thread Randy Bush
i received an arin board electioneering "vote for me" today. i guess now i have to go vote against then. randy

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-13 Thread Eric Kuhnke
To clarify, the original post from myself is more ARIN related and scraping of ARIN data. The incoming cold contacts from the ipv4-broker-spammer came to ARIN POCs for an ASN with presence only in the USA. On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 8:23 AM t...@pelican.org wrote: > On Friday, 13 October, 2023 16

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-13 Thread t...@pelican.org
On Friday, 13 October, 2023 16:04, "Laura Smith via NANOG" said: > RIPE could do the same. And some might argue that it is easier for RIPE > because > all we are asking is for a valid abuse contact, so its not like Nominet who > have > to verify e.g. registrant company ID numbers. They do.

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-13 Thread Laura Smith via NANOG
--- Original Message --- On Thursday, October 12th, 2023 at 18:59, Niels Bakker wrote: > RIPE have a policy that states Which is exactly what I said Neils. When I asked about it, they pointed me at a policy. Well hell, theoretically my company has a policy that describes zero-tol

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-13 Thread Owen DeLong via NANOG
> On Oct 12, 2023, at 10:59, Niels Bakker wrote: > > * Laura Smith [Thu 12 Oct 2023, 19:01 CEST]: >> I mean, most (all ?) of the registries still can't be bothered to validate >> the information the resource holders post to the database. Last time I >> asked, e.g. RIPE about it, they basica

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-12 Thread Niels Bakker
* Laura Smith [Thu 12 Oct 2023, 19:01 CEST]: I mean, most (all ?) of the registries still can't be bothered to validate the information the resource holders post to the database.  Last time I asked, e.g. RIPE about it, they basically said "not my problem guv" , pointed me to some policy documen

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-12 Thread Delong.com via NANOG
t; >> >> From: "Mel Beckman" >> To: "Tom Beecher" >> Cc: "nanog@nanog.org list" >> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2023 11:01:20 AM >> Subject: Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert >> International Inc

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-12 Thread Andrew Latham
As mentioned weekly email complia...@arin.net with details. On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 8:58 PM Eric Kuhnke wrote: > Is anyone else receiving spam from this organization? Based on the > contents of the cold solicitations they are sending us, and the addresses > being sent to, they have scraped ARIN

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-12 Thread Mel Beckman
> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> Midwest-IX >> http://www.midwest-ix.com >> >> >> From: "Mel Beckman" >> To: "Tom Beecher" >> Cc: "nanog@nanog.org list" >> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2023 11:01:20 AM &g

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-12 Thread Laura Smith via NANOG
> Cc: "nanog@nanog.org list" > Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2023 11:01:20 AM > Subject: Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert > International Inc > > Tom, > When an ARIN member violates their agreement and spams from ARIN’s databases, > i

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-12 Thread Tom Beecher
Sure. I have no issues ARIN handling what is reported to them. That only works if victims report spam and compare notes. > I don't agree with the 'compare notes' part. That's ARIN's job in the processing of reports. On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 12:01 PM Mel Beckman wrote: > Tom, > > When an ARIN me

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-12 Thread Mike Hammett
, October 12, 2023 11:01:20 AM Subject: Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc Tom, When an ARIN member violates their agreement and spams from ARIN’s databases, it’s not just an “Internet is fertile ground” deal. It’s a betrayal of a legal trust, o

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-12 Thread Mel Beckman
Tom, When an ARIN member violates their agreement and spams from ARIN’s databases, it’s not just an “Internet is fertile ground” deal. It’s a betrayal of a legal trust, one that demands accountability. I’m quite happy that ARIN promptly responds to these abuses, and gets results. That only work

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-12 Thread Tom Beecher
> > It's ridiculous that they resort to scraping public lists and DBs to try > and achieve what they're attempting to do. > Everyone is always looking for information they can use to advance some agenda or purpose. The internet is fertile ground for that. Always has been, always will be. Not taki

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-12 Thread John Stitt
Our organization has also received cold contact emails from this company, and their unsubscribe link doesn’t appear to have slowed them down. They now hit my junk folder. John Stitt HES Energynet On Oct 11, 2023, at 6:56 PM, Peter Potvin via NANOG wrote:  Definitely have received this same s

Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-11 Thread Peter Potvin via NANOG
Definitely have received this same spam multiple times and so have a few others I know. It's ridiculous that they resort to scraping public lists and DBs to try and achieve what they're attempting to do. Regards, Peter Potvin | Executive Director ---

ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

2023-10-11 Thread Eric Kuhnke
Is anyone else receiving spam from this organization? Based on the contents of the cold solicitations they are sending us, and the addresses being sent to, they have scraped ARIN WHOIS data for noc and abuse POC contact info and recent ipv4 block transfers. It's trivially easy to block their entir