ISPs Behaving Badly: GIGLINX slime was Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2014-12-01 Thread Dave Temkin
Ressurecting this thread: GIGLINX is still at it. They contacted me on an email that was only ever used for registering an ASN with ARIN. On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 9:14 PM, John Curran wrote: > On Jul 31, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Barry Shein wrote: > > > The usual method is to insert "ringers" which wo

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-31 Thread John Curran
On Jul 31, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Barry Shein wrote: > The usual method is to insert "ringers" which would be info which > points back at non-existant people with valid-looking contact > information. > > If for example they called a phone number, or several, owned by ARIN > (or a service they employe

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-31 Thread Barry Shein
On July 31, 2013 at 08:00 j...@west.net (Jay Hennigan) wrote: > > It's surprising how people go out of their way to deny that it's a sales > call, and then start trying to sell something. [NOTE: The anecdote is followed by some practical advice] I had a guy call and tell the person who ans

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-31 Thread Jay Hennigan
On 7/26/13 8:32 AM, Joel M Snyder wrote: > I also don't see the problem of cold calling when it's obviously for a > service or product that I am interested in, just as I don't see the > problem of cold snail-mailing for the same services. I'm in business, > and I expect other businesses to try an

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-30 Thread Leo Vegoda
Hi, John Curran wrote: > On Jul 26, 2013, at 4:34 PM, Jimmy Hess wrote: > > > If someone studies that and finds there is a correlation to spam based > > on WHOIS listing alone, > > then perhaps > > No study has been conducted, but we do receive a small number of complaints > each year abou

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-28 Thread Matthew Petach
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Jimmy Hess wrote: > On 7/27/13, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > > On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:18:52 -0500, Jimmy Hess said: > > I have to admit that this is the biggest can-o-worms suggestion > I've > seen all week. > > (Hint: our org chart says I work in our Networ

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-27 Thread John Curran
On Jul 27, 2013, at 9:00 PM, Jimmy Hess wrote: > ... > In other words --- they would have passed a knowledge proof, showing > they deserve the right to bypass "Level 1 call center drones". > > E.g. to gain enhanced access in a world with 'an additional level of > whois access' > Step 1... >

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-27 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 7/27/13, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:18:52 -0500, Jimmy Hess said: > I have to admit that this is the biggest can-o-worms suggestion > I've seen > all week. > (Hint: our org chart says I work in our Network Storage and Backup > group - the lurker in the next cubicl

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-27 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 20:18:52 -0500, Jimmy Hess said: > authenticated with an implied promise that only vetted > individuals with a proven network engineering experience > background can see the 'additional' information, I have to admit that this is the biggest can-o-worms suggestion I've

DNS Whois Requirements (was: Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads)

2013-07-27 Thread John Curran
On Jul 27, 2013, at 12:59 PM, Frank Bulk wrote: > For the folks who aren't aware, there is working being done on a proposal > for a complete do-over of WHOIS: > http://www.circleid.com/posts/20130703_rebooting_whois/ > I don't believe this work address the regional registry information, which > i

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-27 Thread Frank Bulk
sation has crossed over into the domain names, too. Frank -Original Message- From: Ryan Pavely [mailto:para...@nac.net] Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2013 12:35 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads > Because your mail servers are broken. Because you put spamfilters on

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Ryan Pavely
Because your mail servers are broken. Because you put spamfilters on your abuse@ mailbox, IF you even have an abuse@, which a lot of you don't. Because we tried calling, and your tier1 are clueless. Fix your mailservers. Train your staff. Staff your abuse desk. Then we'll talk. My mail server

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 7/26/13, Warren Bailey wrote: > Said the Network Engineer of The City of San Francisco.. Hey, noone said the operators at the controls don't have to give the keys up if their owners demand it -- the owners just can't drive. If you collectively piss off the guild of taxi drivers, in a wo

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Mark Gauvin
Lol yet we can't use the side cutters cause we all report to the corporate overlords Sent from my iPhone On 2013-07-26, at 8:18 PM, "Jon Lewis" wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jul 2013, Larry Stites wrote: > >> NANOG : network operators are precisely those who directly assisted in >> creating the 'magic

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 7/26/13, Matt Hite wrote: > I actually think it's important to have contact information publicly > available. I realize this opens the door for abuse, but I've found that > using a call screening service (Google Voice) at least provides a bit of > shield. Hm.. a thought does occur, that /so

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Warren Bailey
Said the Network Engineer of The City of San Francisco.. Sent from my Mobile Device. Original message From: Jon Lewis Date: 07/26/2013 6:17 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Larry Stites Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads On Fri, 26 Jul 2013, Larry Stites wrote: > NA

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Jon Lewis
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013, Larry Stites wrote: NANOG : network operators are precisely those who directly assisted in creating the 'magic lamp' and the cork which held the marketing Jeanie inside. The same operators who took the cork out and rubbed the 'magic lamp'... The Jeanie is now out of the bo

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Matt Hite
I actually think it's important to have contact information publicly available. I realize this opens the door for abuse, but I've found that using a call screening service (Google Voice) at least provides a bit of shield. On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Justin Vocke wrote: > Sent this little e-

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread John Curran
On Jul 26, 2013, at 4:34 PM, Jimmy Hess wrote: > If someone studies that and finds there is a correlation to spam based > on WHOIS listing alone, > then perhaps No study has been conducted, but we do receive a small number of complaints each year about email contact information being solici

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 7/26/13, John Curran wrote: > ARIN will run the Whois database however you folks collectively want it run. > Write up the change you seek (should be fairly easy), show rough consensus > in the community for the change (slightly more difficult task), and then, I personally think there is too l

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Warren Bailey
;t that kind of what's happening? Sent from my Mobile Device. Original message From: Scott Weeks Date: 07/26/2013 2:38 PM (GMT-08:00) To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads --- wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com wrote: From: Warren Bailey It'

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread John Curran
On Jul 26, 2013, at 7:42 AM, "Otis L. Surratt, Jr." wrote: > >> Why can't we implement a method where you have to be a registered, and > paying, user/member with an AS number to be able to get IP whois > 'contact' info? Sure list my name and company. But keep my email and > phone number private

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Scott Weeks
--- wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com wrote: From: Warren Bailey It's called retargeting and they are using cookies to do it. -- So, properly manage your cookies and this will stop: Flash cookies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loca

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread John Curran
On Jul 26, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > > Suggestion: Put tagged addresses and, if possible, phone numbers in your ARIN > whois and other public records. When someone emails that address or calls > that number, make sure you put them on a "never buy from" list, and they know

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Otis L. Surratt, Jr.
-Original Message- From: Rich Kulawiec [mailto:r...@gsp.org] Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 2:23 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:42:18AM -0700, goe...@anime.net wrote: > Because your mail servers are broken. Because you put spamfilters

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 10:42:18AM -0700, goe...@anime.net wrote: > Because your mail servers are broken. Because you put spamfilters on > your abuse@ mailbox, IF you even have an abuse@, which a lot of you > don't. Because we tried calling, and your tier1 are clueless. > > Fix your mailservers. T

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Larry Stites
G list >Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 11:40 AM >Subject: Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads > > >Patrick, > >On Jul 26, 2013, at 8:40 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: >>> Err. ICANN isn't a membership organization. It is possible to change things >>> at ICANN, but

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread David Conrad
Patrick, On Jul 26, 2013, at 8:40 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: >> Err. ICANN isn't a membership organization. It is possible to change things >> at ICANN, but the mechanisms are ... different and much slower (since it >> involves getting consensus in a multi-stakeholder environment). > > Sure

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Barry Shein
On July 26, 2013 at 13:06 valdis.kletni...@vt.edu (valdis.kletni...@vt.edu) wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:54:21 -0400, Alex Rubenstein said: > > The LED billboards on the side of the road displaying targeted > > advertisements, based on your proximity to them, because your android > > phon

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread goemon
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013, Otis L. Surratt, Jr. wrote: -Original Message- From: Ryan Pavely [mailto:para...@nac.net] Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 8:33 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads Even the anti-spam army out there seem to ignore 'This is the abuse contact&

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Warren Bailey
Subject: Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads On 7/26/13 9:54 AM, Alex Rubenstein wrote: >> Case in point.. And I'm going to name drop, but do not consider this a shame. >> I have been looking at various filtering technologies, and was looking at >> Barracudas site. I went on with m

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:54:21 -0400, Alex Rubenstein said: > The LED billboards on the side of the road displaying targeted > advertisements, based on your proximity to them, because your android phone is > telling the sign where you are. There's 6 other drivers within range. What set of targeted

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Jul 26, 2013, at 12:54 , Alex Rubenstein wrote: >> Case in point.. And I'm going to name drop, but do not consider this a shame. >> I have been looking at various filtering technologies, and was looking at >> Barracudas site. I went on with my day, but noticed that filtering vendors >> start s

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Michael Thomas
On 7/26/13 9:54 AM, Alex Rubenstein wrote: Case in point.. And I'm going to name drop, but do not consider this a shame. I have been looking at various filtering technologies, and was looking at Barracudas site. I went on with my day, but noticed that filtering vendors start showing up on random

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
ternet companies. -- TTFN, patrick On Jul 26, 2013, at 11:59 , "Otis L. Surratt, Jr." wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Patrick W. Gilmore [mailto:patr...@ianai.net] > Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 9:47 AM > To: NANOG list > Subject: Re:

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Warren Bailey
You are not crazy. Sent from my Mobile Device. Original message From: Alex Rubenstein Date: 07/26/2013 9:53 AM (GMT-08:00) To: Warren Bailey ,"Otis L. Surratt, Jr." ,"Patrick W. Gilmore" ,NANOG list Subject: RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads > Case in p

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Alex Rubenstein
> Case in point.. And I'm going to name drop, but do not consider this a shame. > I have been looking at various filtering technologies, and was looking at > Barracudas site. I went on with my day, but noticed that filtering vendors > start showing up on random websites. Fast forward 24 hours later

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Sholes, Joshua
On 7/26/13 11:59 AM, "Otis L. Surratt, Jr." wrote: >What happen to the days when you could simply tell someone not >interested, don't call again and you wouldn't hear from them ever >again? >Or the days when everything wasn't treated as spam When the former days disappeared, the latter

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Warren Bailey
ike big business knows as much as they do. And I don't know how the rest of you have it, but if I get 10 bucks in the mail.. I'm spending it. Sent from my Mobile Device. Original message From: "Otis L. Surratt, Jr." Date: 07/26/2013 9:01 AM (GMT-08:00) T

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Scott Howard
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Justin Vocke wrote: > 512-377-6827 was one of the numbers trying to get more information about > my > network and how they could "help" me. > Which appears to be http://www.siptrunksproviders.com/ Which in turns appears to be the same company as http://giglinx.co

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Eric Brunner-Williams
On 7/26/13 8:40 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > On Jul 26, 2013, at 11:05 , David Conrad wrote: >> > On Jul 26, 2013, at 7:58 AM, "Patrick W. Gilmore" >> > wrote: >>> >> You can change anything you want. ARIN & ICANN are both member >>> >> organizations. Propose a change, get the votes, and POO

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 10:59:37 -0500, "Otis L. Surratt, Jr." said: > What happen to the days when you could simply tell someone not > interested, don't call again and you wouldn't hear from them ever > again? It's not just networking - recently I received a cold call from a local company trying

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Otis L. Surratt, Jr.
-Original Message- From: Patrick W. Gilmore [mailto:patr...@ianai.net] Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 9:47 AM To: NANOG list Subject: Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads On Jul 25, 2013, at 19:29 , "Otis L. Surratt, Jr." wrote: > From: Warren Bailey [mailto:wbai...@satelliteintellig

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Jul 26, 2013, at 11:05 , David Conrad wrote: > On Jul 26, 2013, at 7:58 AM, "Patrick W. Gilmore" wrote: >> You can change anything you want. ARIN & ICANN are both member >> organizations. Propose a change, get the votes, and POOF!, things are >> changed. > > Err. ICANN isn't a membership o

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Joel M Snyder
>What about the 2am phone calls from the guy, who did a >nslookup on a website, and then whois on the ip, >who is calling to say his porn site >is partially not working and he's pissed. No amount of changing contacts is going to solve this type of problem. We routinely get support calls, sometim

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Steven Noble
On Jul 26, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > On Jul 26, 2013, at 09:32 , Ryan Pavely wrote: > >> >> I doubt that will ever happen. So it's time for me to update my arin >> contact as this past weekend I got exactly that 2am porn call and it was >> quite disturbing which website

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread David Conrad
On Jul 26, 2013, at 7:58 AM, "Patrick W. Gilmore" wrote: > You can change anything you want. ARIN & ICANN are both member organizations. > Propose a change, get the votes, and POOF!, things are changed. Err. ICANN isn't a membership organization. It is possible to change things at ICANN, but th

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Jul 26, 2013, at 09:32 , Ryan Pavely wrote: > What about the 2am phone calls from the guy, who did a nslookup on a website, > and then whois on the ip, who is calling to say his porn site is partially > not working and he's pissed. > > imho. The days of having public records like whois/rwh

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 09:42:11 -0500, "Otis L. Surratt, Jr." said: > > Even the anti-spam army out there seem to ignore 'This is the abuse > contact', and end up spamming all whois org contacts. What's the point > in that? > > I agree. Most of them end up blasting all contacts which is completely >

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Jul 25, 2013, at 19:29 , "Otis L. Surratt, Jr." wrote: > From: Warren Bailey [mailto:wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com] >> Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of maintaining the whois? > > Yep! > >> We registered a few domains and get the same thing, I think it's > something that people a

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Otis L. Surratt, Jr.
-Original Message- From: Ryan Pavely [mailto:para...@nac.net] Sent: Friday, July 26, 2013 8:33 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads > Even the anti-spam army out there seem to ignore 'This is the abuse contact', and end up spamming all whois org contact

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Ryan Pavely
What about the 2am phone calls from the guy, who did a nslookup on a website, and then whois on the ip, who is calling to say his porn site is partially not working and he's pissed. imho. The days of having public records like whois/rwhois available has passed. The data use to be protected w

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Daniel Seagraves
On Jul 25, 2013, at 6:20 PM, "Scott Weeks" wrote: > I'd be interested in knowing who it is, so I can be sure to > never buy from them. This is the way to go. Spammers and telemarketers don't do what they do for fun or malice, they do so because it's profitable. If people would stop buying fro

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Scott Weeks
--- wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com wrote: From: Warren Bailey ...this list has a lot of valuable eyes looking at it - so it's often a sales guy's wet dream. ... - And when they see their names on this list as spammers t

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Warren Bailey
solarwinds sent me a random 10 dollar amazon gift card a few weeks back so not all is lost.. ;) Sent from my Mobile Device. Original message From: Justin Vocke Date: 07/25/2013 4:37 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Warren Bailey Cc: sur...@mauigateway.com,nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re:

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Justin Vocke
t; > > Original message > From: Scott Weeks > Date: 07/25/2013 4:28 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads > > > > > --- wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com wrote: > From: Warren Bailey > > We regis

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Warren Bailey
t, Jr." Date: 07/25/2013 4:29 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Warren Bailey ,Justin Vocke ,nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads -Original Message- From: Warren Bailey [mailto:wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 6:20 PM To: Justin Vocke; nanog@na

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Mark Gauvin
Vocke; nanog@nanog.org > Subject: RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads > >> Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of maintaining the whois? > > Yep! > >> We registered a few domains and get the same thing, I think it's > something that people are going to have to liv

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Warren Bailey
cott Weeks Date: 07/25/2013 4:28 PM (GMT-08:00) To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads --- wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com wrote: From: Warren Bailey We registered a few domains and get the same thing, I think it's something that people are g

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Otis L. Surratt, Jr.
-Original Message- From: Warren Bailey [mailto:wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 6:20 PM To: Justin Vocke; nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads >Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of maintaining the whois? Yep! >We registered a

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Scott Weeks
--- wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com wrote: From: Warren Bailey We registered a few domains and get the same thing, I think it's something that people are going to have to live with. :/ --- No, we don't have to live with it. Name

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Scott Weeks
--- justin.vo...@gmail.com wrote: From: Justin Vocke My guess is someone is using your mass whois database, looking at the most recently issued/created AS numbers, and cold calling. I'd be interested in knowing who it is, so I can be sure to neve

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Warren Bailey
13 4:04 PM (GMT-08:00) To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: ARIN WHOIS for leads Sent this little e-mail to ARIN: I'm not sure that you guys can do anything about this, but it's worth looking into. I registered AS626XX a week ago, and since it's registration, I've been getting calls from

ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Justin Vocke
Sent this little e-mail to ARIN: I'm not sure that you guys can do anything about this, but it's worth looking into. I registered AS626XX a week ago, and since it's registration, I've been getting calls from "wholesale" carriers trying to get me to purchase IP transit from them. Someone is obvious