On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 3:47 PM, John Curran <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Aug 24, 2014, at 6:34 PM, Matthew Petach <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 1) If the information above is correct, please confirm by visiting: >>> >>> https://www.arin.net/public/pocValidation.xhtml? >>> validationCode=XXXXXXXXXXX >>> >>> Alternatively, you may confirm by replying to this email. >>> >> > For the truly paranoid, is there a place > on arin.net where we can manually > nagivate to the page, and then > enter the validation code by > hand (or copy-paste it into a > web form) so that we can be sure > it's going to the right place? > > > To my knowledge, there is not such an option today. Would you make use > of > such (as opposed to simply cut/paste of the URL or using the reply option)? > > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > ARIN > > > I've started worrying more and more about copy-pasting seemingly-safe URLs that are UTF-8 encoded with alternate characters that map to what appear to be safe ascii characters; the use of plain-text email helps ameliorate that risk somewhat, but years of -T usage in perl have taught me to not trust any input I haven't validated for myself. In short--anything arriving into my inbox, I assume to be potentially compromised; much like with credit card companies, I prefer to dial their number myself, before giving any important information out. Thanks! Matt
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