I think that you're in such a hurry to reply to emails that you forget to actually read what's written. It's that, or the whole concept of a thought experiment went right over your head. Wow!
--
Regards,
Terrence Koeman, PhD/MTh/BPsy
Darkness Reigns (Holding) B.V.
Please quote relevant replies.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elad Cohen <e...@netstyle.io>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:30 PM
> To: Terrence Koeman <terre...@darkness-reigns.com>; nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: RIPE NCC Executive Board election
>
> "absolute king" - I'm only trying to be elected to RIPE board, what does
> this strange person wants.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Terrence Koeman
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:28 PM
> To: Elad Cohen; nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: RE: RIPE NCC Executive Board election
>
> Yes, are you having trouble understanding that? Even if we suppose a world
> where you are the absolute king of all RIRs plus IANA *and* majority
> shareholder of all commercial entities you have envisioned for your round
> table, it would still not work.
>
> I'd pay to see that unfold in a VR simulation though, A+ entertainment :D
>
> --
> Regards,
> Terrence Koeman, PhD/MTh/BPsy
> Darkness Reigns (Holding) B.V.
>
> Please quote relevant replies.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Elad Cohen <e...@netstyle.io>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:01 PM
> > To: Terrence Koeman <terre...@darkness-reigns.com>; nanog@nanog.org
> > Subject: Re: RIPE NCC Executive Board election
> >
> > "actually be implemented, even in theory"
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: Terrence Koeman
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:58 PM
> > To: Elad Cohen; David Hubbard; nanog@nanog.org
> > Subject: Re: RIPE NCC Executive Board election
> >
> >
> > You're welcome :) And don't worry I already have posted it on social
> > media.
> >
> >
> > I don't believe there is any danger of your "solutions" being mistaken
> for
> > something that can actually be implemented, even in theory.
> >
> >
> > If there was we would have larger issues than just the resource drain
> and
> > time-wasting of trying to forcefully implement comically unrealistic
> > "solutions". None of which are abated by suppression of your "solutions"
> > or discussion of them.
> >
> >
> > In fact, if people that believe you're a genius and that your
> "solutions"
> > merit implementation exist in positions where they can actually effect
> an
> > attempt to implement them (causing certain resource drain and time-
> > wasting), it's best we know about it sooner rather than later.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Terrence Koeman, PhD/MTh/BPsy
> > Darkness Reigns (Holding) B.V.
> >
> > Please quote relevant replies.
> > Spelling errors courtesy of my 'smart'phone.
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: Elad Cohen <e...@netstyle.io>
> > Sent: Wednesday, 13 May 2020 21:16
> > To: Terrence Koeman; David Hubbard; nanog@nanog.org
> > Subject: [SPAM-MS] Re: RIPE NCC Executive Board election
> >
> >
> >
> > Thank you for publishing it, please post also in your social
> > accounts.
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: NANOG on behalf of Terrence Koeman
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 9:54 PM
> > To: David Hubbard; nanog@nanog.org
> > Subject: Re: RIPE NCC Executive Board election
> >
> >
> > If you thought IPv4+ was entertaining, check out his "solution"
> to
> > packet spoofing:
> >
> >
> > https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-
> <https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020->
> > April/003902.html
> >
> >
> > And SPAM:
> >
> >
> > https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-
> <https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020->
> > April/003778.html
> >
> >
> > These should be submitted as RFCs, but on April 1st next year :)
> >
> >
> > This could only be funnier if he wasn't dead serious and
> attempting
> > to gain power in RIPE right at this moment. Never in my life have I
> > encountered such an obvious and clear example of the Dunning-Kruger
> > effect[1]. He's entrenched right at the peak of "Mount Stupid"[2] (he
> > appears committed to building a tower there).
> >
> >
> > Ref:
> >
> > [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect
> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect>
> >
> > [2]
> >
> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger
> <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruge
> r>
> > _Effect_01.svg
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Terrence Koeman, PhD/MTh/BPsy
> > Darkness Reigns (Holding) B.V.
> >
> > Please quote relevant replies.
> > Spelling errors courtesy of my 'smart'phone.
> > ________________________________
> > From: David Hubbard <dhubb...@dino.hostasaurus.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, 13 May 2020 19:19
> > To: nanog@nanog.org
> > Subject: [SPAM-MS] Re: RIPE NCC Executive Board election
> >
> >
> > LOL the IPv4+ thing was a pretty entertaining read. You clearly
> > don’t have even a basic understanding of the v4 packet structure, or
> that
> > the octet display concept is simply for human benefit. IPv6 can be
> > implemented with ‘software updates’ too…
> >
> > From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> on behalf of Elad Cohen
> > <e...@netstyle.io>
> > Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 9:47 AM
> > To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <r...@tristatelogic.com>,
> "nanog@nanog.org"
> > <nanog@nanog.org>
> > Subject: Re: RIPE NCC Executive Board election
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > My apology for not providing an official response to the first
> "The
> > Ronald Show" that took place here many months ago, I was out of hospital
> > after full anesthesia and it took me months to get back to myself.
> >
> > What was done towards me and what being done to me by Ronald is
> an
> > intentional personal attack against me and I will explain.
> >
> > I didn't agree to provide private business documents to the
> illegal
> > anonymous organization "The Spamhaus Project" that they tried to extort
> > from me - then I found out who are the real people behind the illegal
> > anonymous organization "The Spamhaus Project" - and then they started to
> > attack me (including here on Nanog, with false information, when I was
> out
> > of hospital and wasn't in the condition to respond to them).
> >
> > "The Spamhaus Project" is an illegal anonymous organization
> > according to their own words in their own following presentation:
> >
> > https://www.scribd.com/document/445894312/Spamhaus-Illegal-
> Private- <https://www.scribd.com/document/445894312/Spamhaus-Illegal-
> Private->
> > Data-Violation
> >
> > They wrote in it that they receive on a regular basis - massive
> > amount of illegaly-obtained privacy data from their contacts in many
> > internet companies and internet organizations - and then they share it
> in
> > illegal way (without any warrant) with Law Enforcement Agencies - this
> is
> > the reason that Law Enforcement Agencies are doing nothing regarding the
> > illegal anonymous organization "The Spamhaus Project".
> >
> > Ronald Guilmette is the front person of the illegal anonymous
> > organization "The Spamhaus Project".
> >
> >
> > ----
> > and that said legal counsel has then
> > proceeded to threaten various officials of the City of Cape Town,
> > South Africa with possible legal action if they do not relinquish
> > to him their rights in and title to the 165.25.0.0/16 block
> > ----
> > This is a complete lie, in order to shame CoCT I will not share
> > their internal correspondences. Anyone interested to know more
> information
> > can email me directly.
> >
> >
> > ----
> > "I am assured that at no time did the City of Cape Town ever
> sell,
> > trade, or barter away their rights to this valuable IPv4 block"
> > ----
> > Ronald is "assured" exactly as he is "assured" that all Dutch
> people
> > are criminals and all Colombian network oeprators are criminals and all
> > Chicago citizens are criminals according to his statements in the
> > following links:
> > https://imgur.com/AcmgwEX <https://imgur.com/AcmgwEX>
> > https://imgur.com/WUZvdNJ <https://imgur.com/WUZvdNJ>
> > https://imgur.com/a/Rzrbxkz <https://imgur.com/a/Rzrbxkz>
> >
> > Ronald was called an antisemitic and a racist person here on
> Nanog
> > in the following two links, by people which are not related to me:
> > https://imgur.com/AQCmZlk <https://imgur.com/AQCmZlk>
> > https://imgur.com/a/Rzrbxkz <https://imgur.com/a/Rzrbxkz>
> >
> >
> > In the first "The Ronald Show" many months ago - Ronald called me
> in
> > two antisemitic names that are being used to relate to Jews in
> Shakespeare
> > literature (just like Ronald is relating to Shakespeare in
> > https://imgur.com/AcmgwEX <https://imgur.com/AcmgwEX> ) - as part of
> his defamation campaign towards
> > me - none of you raised a voice and not only that but some Nanog
> > subscribers enjoyed his racism and antisemitism (without a single proof
> > against me) as was written here by them (with a popcorn).
> >
> > The "source" in "The Spamhaus Project" that supported and pumped
> > Ronald Imagination is the criminal of the anonymous twitter account:
> > https://twitter.com/underthebreach <https://twitter.com/underthebreach>
> , that person according to his own
> > words in his own criminal anonymous twitter account - is a master of
> cyber
> > influence operations (meaning to influence people without a single
> proof)
> > - that person is also an employee of the Israeli-based company GeoEdge
> and
> > they are a direct competitor of a company that used the netblocks that
> > Ronald attacked - not only that but Ronald also attacked another
> Israeli-
> > based company called Divineworks (here in Nanog) and they are also a
> > direct competitor of the Israeli-based company GeoEdge. What was done
> here
> > is a cyber influence operation without a single proof because of a
> > business competition.
> >
> > That criminal https://twitter.com/underthebreach
> <https://twitter.com/underthebreach> which is a member
> > of "The Spamhaus Project" and pumped Ronald Imagination - is not the
> only
> > person which is abusing the power of "The Spamhaus Project" for
> > commericial goals, that are many many more people and companies behind
> the
> > illegal anonymous organization "The Spamhaus Project" which are making
> > profit from it, for example:
> >
> > - Vincent Schonau from Open-Xchange (AKA "Vincenet Hanna" of "The
> > Spamhaus Project") that "The Spamhaus Project" is attacking the
> > competitors of Open-Xchange.
> > - Laura Atkins from WordToTheWise which is selling a Spamhaus
> > listing removal service (https://wordtothewise.com)
> >
> > Real identities behind "The Spamhaus Project":
> >
> > "Mike Anderson" - Michael O'Reirdan (Chairman Emeritus of W3AAWG)
> > and Professor Ross Anderson from Cambridge university (both known as
> "Mike
> > Anderson" of "The Spamhaus Project")
> > "Rob Shultz" - Rob McEwen (https://www.invaluement.com/)
> > "Thomas Morrison" - Daniel R. Thomas
> > (https://personal.cis.strath.ac.uk/d.thomas/)
> > "Pete Dawes" - Ildiko Pete (https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ip358/)
> > "Vincent Hanna" - Vincent Schonau of Open-Xchange
> > (https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentschonau/)
> > "Milly Fawcett" - Kelly Molloy of FarSight Security
> > (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-molloy-b886442/)
> > Among others.
> >
> > Companies behind the illegal anonymous organization "The Spamhaus
> > Project":
> > ThreatSTOP
> > FarSight Security
> > Fastly
> > Dyn
> > Cymru
> > Abusix
> > Among others.
> >
> >
> > Regarding the article that Ronald shared, in it there is clearly
> > written:
> >
> > "It must be noted that Cohen is not being accused of any illegal
> > activity in this report."
> >
> > But it doesn't change the fact that the article was clearly
> written
> > only for Ronald to be able to post it and to proceed with the illegal
> > "cyber influence operation" to attack me without a single proof. The
> > article was written by the instruction of the "The Spamhaus Project" mob
> > and then Ronald made this post according to the instruction from "The
> > Spamhaus Project" mob. A coordinated illegal "cyber influence operation"
> > without a single proof.
> >
> >
> > Many subscribers of the Nanog list are members of the illegal
> > anonymous organization "The Spamhaus Project" - Ronald Guilmette is just
> > their front clown - expect many of them to jump now and to defame me
> here
> > without a single proof (because this is how the illegal anonynous
> > organization "The Spamhaus Project" works) - and you can ask them a
> simple
> > single question - "show us a single proof" - and - "if you cannot show
> us
> > a single proof then please stop spamming the mailing list".
> >
> > Ronald at the end of his post keep spreading lies and writing:
> > "less than honorable intent reach for power"
> > "to persons with an interest only in what is best for them
> > personally, to the exclusion of all else"
> > "Democracy dies in darkness."
> >
> > When in reality I invented three new pantets for the best of the
> > whole Internet community and I will work to implement them if I will be
> > elected:
> >
> > IPv4+ that will mitigate the "IPv4 Exhaustion" problem and will
> add
> > more 4,294,967,296 IPv4 addresses: (can be implemented with software
> > updates and not all internet hosts in the world will have to be updated
> -
> > home routers and home modems which are the vast majority of routing
> > equipment in the world - will not need to be updated and will support
> more
> > 4,294,967,296 IPv4 addresses with IPv4+ )
> > https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-
> <https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020->
> > April/003676.html
> >
> > Completely mitigating the global email spam problem in a clean
> and
> > automatic way: (and also mitigating the illegal anonymous organization
> > "The Spamhaus Project")
> > https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-
> <https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020->
> > April/003778.html
> >
> > Completely mitigating spoofed ip amplification DDoS attacks and
> > spoofed ip traffic with is a source for criminality:
> > https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-
> <https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020->
> > April/003902.html
> >
> > They ("The Spamhaus Project" mob) wants to keep controlling RIPE
> and
> > any other internet organizations - I want to liberate RIPE - I want to
> > make sure that that illegal anonymous organization that violates any
> thing
> > which is sacred in the Interent (freedom, free speech and connectivity)
> -
> > will have no footprint in RIPE.
> >
> > My full agenda can be read here:
> > https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-
> <https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may->
> > 2020/candidate-biographies#elad_cohen
> >
> > Ronald is afraid from me being elected because he knows that if I
> > will be elected I will put an end to the illgal anonymous organization
> > "The Spamhaus Project" which is intimidating and harassing many
> > organizations and many businesses worldwide.
> >
> > Kind Regards,
> > Elad
> > ________________________________
> > From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> on behalf of Ronald F.
> > Guilmette <r...@tristatelogic.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 12:50 PM
> > To: nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org>
> > Subject: RIPE NCC Executive Board election
> >
> > Many of you here may be dues-paying members of both ARIN and
> RIPE.
> >
> > Those of you who are may wish to be aware of the fact that there
> > will
> > be an election held on (I believe) May 14th, just a day or two
> from
> > now, for three open RIPE NCC Executive Board seats.
> >
> > I have it on good authority that one of the candidates running
> for
> > the open RIPE NCC board seats in this election has hired legal
> > counsel in South Africa, and that said legal counsel has then
> > proceeded to threaten various officials of the City of Cape Town,
> > South Africa with possible legal action if they do not relinquish
> > to him their rights in and title to the 165.25.0.0/16 block, a
> > block that all historical records, including even ARIN "WhoWas"
> > historical records show, clearly and unambiguously, has been
> > legally registered to the City of Cape Town for over twenty
> years.
> > (I am assured that at no time did the City of Cape Town ever
> sell,
> > trade, or barter away their rights to this valuable IPv4 block,
> > and that they are defending themselves, as best as they can,
> against
> > this attempt to extort them out of their rightful prooperty.)
> >
> > Where I come from, this kind of thing is called barratry, but you
> > be the judge.
> >
> > In any case, prior to the RIPE election, I wanted to let you all
> > know these facts about the candidate in question, as well as a
> > number of additional startling facts relating to the people who
> > nominated this candidate for a RIPE NCC Executive board seat, as
> > documented by my friend, South African journalist Jan Vermeulen:
> >
> > https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/350973-man-connected-to-
> <https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/350973-man-connected-to->
> > african-ip-address-heist-running-for-board-position-at-european-ip-
> > address-organisation.html
> >
> > I could go into more detail about many of the nominators
> mentioned
> > in the above article, but I don't want to make this email too
> long,
> > so I'll await some explict request for that additional info. For
> > now
> > it should suffice to make at least some of the basic facts more
> > widely
> > available, a task which is accomplished just by sharing the above
> > link,
> > IMHO.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > rfg
> >
> >
> > P.S. I have been specifically and explicitly enjoined and
> > constrained
> > from posting here anything at all that might smack of being
> either
> > partisan or of an even vaguely "political" nature, and thus, I
> will
> > refrain from doing so. I would be remiss hoever if I did not at
> > least
> > note in passing that history records that in times such as these,
> > when
> > people of good character and good intent are, as they rightly
> should
> > be,
> > focused on the health and safety of themselves, their loved ones,
> > and
> > their professional collegues, and when the gaze of the world is
> > elsewhere,
> > persons of less than honorable intent reach for power and, with
> > unfortunate
> > regularity, obtain it.
> >
> > I cannot and do not ask that those of you who have been saddled
> with
> > personal or local crises during this sad time turn away from
> those
> > responsibilities to give attention to matters of Internet
> > governance,
> > however urgent those may appear at the moment. For all of us,
> our
> > first-
> > order duty lies nearby, with family, friends, and collegues. But
> > for
> > those of you who still have a few cycles to spare, I do ask that
> you
> > consider carefully the newfound and critical importance of this
> > tool,
> > this Internet, in the lives of so many millions, all around the
> > world,
> > and the self-evident risks of its governance being handed over,
> by
> > default
> > or otherwise, to persons with an interest only in what is best
> for
> > them
> > personally, to the exclusion of all else.
> >
> > P.P.S. I would be posting this info and the above link also to
> the
> > very relevant RIPE members-discuss mailing list, but as I am not
> a
> > due-paying member of RIPE, I have no ability to do so.
> Separately,
> > due in no small part to the candidate's own recent and manifest
> on-
> > list
> > transgressions on that very list, that list has recently been
> > switched
> > to a heavy-handed moderation, under which, it seems, even
> discussion
> > of
> > the pros and cons of candidates in the upcoming RIPE NCC
> Executive
> > Board
> > election are now categorized as "too controversial" and thus,
> > themselves,
> > are now entirely off-limits.
> >
> > I cannot help but be reminded of a catch-phrase that I saw
> > somewhere,
> > not too long ago:
> >
> > "Democracy dies in darkness."
> > -- anon
> >
>
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