Re: [anti-abuse-wg] [Misc] Research project on blacklists

2019-07-17 Thread John Levine
In article you write: >-=-=-=-=-=- > >Hi everyone, > >I'm a researcher at UC Berkeley and the International Computer Science >Institute. My colleagues and I are working on evaluating and improving the >accuracy of blacklists. I looked at the survey and I don't understand what you mean by "black

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Looking for advice on WhoIs server query format

2020-03-21 Thread John Levine
N contracted registries and registrars are supposed to switch to RDAP at some point but I'm not holding my breath. >For instance I have found the whois.arin.net ... The RIRs are different. They actually do have RDAP servers that work pretty well. Regards, John Levine, jo...@taugh.com, Pr

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] IPv4 squatting -- Courtesy of AS44050, AS58552

2020-11-30 Thread John Levine
In article , Richard Clayton wrote: >>Only a few of them are listed on https://www.spamhaus.org/drop/ >So announcing a prefix that is on that list is not a good sign (indeed >far from it) -- but don't expect a "new" hijacker to only choose from >that list or indeed to pick any prefixes from that

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Question about spam to abuse inbox

2021-02-18 Thread John Levine
In article you write: >Abuse reports are a nuisance � anyone who thinks otherwise needs to get their >head examined. Of course they are. But abuse from your customers is a nuisance, too, and if you have any sense you will welcome reports about it so you can fix the problem before everyone e

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Question about spam to abuse inbox

2021-02-20 Thread John Levine
In article you write: >-=-=-=-=-=- > >Ronald, > >Can you please stop attacking ideas (such as web forms) implying that they >only have malicious use cases. There are plenty of sensible use cases for web forms. But requiring them for abuse reporting is not one of them. If you want to set up a w

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Abuse Report ignored. What to do as next?

2023-10-31 Thread John Levine
It appears that U.Mutlu said: >So, what to do if the hoster is uncooperative, like in this case? >Where else to complain, what else to do? If their ASN info is to be believed, they're in Bulgaria. It's unlikely anyone there cares. Just block their network 80.94.95.0/24 and forget about it. FW

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Abuse Report ignored. What to do as next?

2023-11-01 Thread John Levine
It appears that � ngel Gonzalez Berdasco via anti-abuse-wg said: >> Just block their network 80.94.95.0/24 and forget about it. >organisation: ORG-BA1515-RIPE >org-name: BtHoster LTD >country:GB >org-type: OTHER >address:26, New Kent Road, London, SE1 6TJ, UNITED KI

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] IS3C public consultation on an alternative narrative to deploy Internet standards

2024-03-11 Thread John Levine
It appears that Michele Neylon - Blacknight via anti-abuse-wg said: >-=-=-=-=-=- >-=-=-=-=-=- > >Serge > >Several ccTLD registries have given discounts for DNSSEC. > >What is unclear is how many of the domains with DNSSEC enabled are in active >use, so the lack of �problems� could be simply down

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Reverse DNS delegations

2024-04-05 Thread John Levine
It appears that Alessandro Vesely said: >Why isn't it possible to gain a delegation by proving number assignment? Because your ISP can't be bothered. I have a free /48 from Hurricane and they delegated the rDNS as part of the setup so it's not like it's unusual or difficult. Delegating IPv6 rDNS

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] Reverse DNS delegations

2024-04-07 Thread John Levine
It appears that Alessandro Vesely said: >On Sat 06/Apr/2024 19:54:27 +0200 Randy Bush wrote: > Why isn't it possible to gain a delegation by proving number > assignment? Because your ISP can't be bothered. >>> Is such unbotherability legitimate? >RIPE could at least reproach those L

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] abuse of the internet by multinationals and nation states

2018-05-05 Thread John Levine
rsons who do. We've been pointing this out for a decade to academics who imagine themselves to be privacy advocates. They have consistently stuck their fingers in their ears "la la I don't hear you" so I doubt it'll be any more effective this time. Regards, John Levi

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] abuse of the internet by multinationals and nation states

2018-05-06 Thread John Levine
e who is familiar with this issue. Regards, John Levine, jo...@iecc.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly

Re: [anti-abuse-wg] What to do when "abuse" email address does not work?

2018-08-16 Thread John Levine
In article you write: >> One of them is gestio...@telefonica.net.pe (because my company has received >> many many spams originated from its network so I wrote a spam >complaint to this e-address but the mail was rejected for non-existent >mailbox!) My notes at abuse.net suggest these two addres