On 2019/07/01 15:39, Ken O'Driscoll via mailop wrote: > On Mon, 2019-07-01 at 12:55 +0100, Simplelists - Andrew Beverley via mailop > wrote: > > Would it be better to go for the brand new block? Obviously any > > existing block could be checked in DNSBLs etc, but are there any > > advantages of using an existing block? > > The lack of historical RBL listings is nowhere close a definitive > indication that the IP space wasn't used for abusive purposes at some > point. BGP hijacking, malicious site hosting, hijacked POS endpoints etc. > all get clocked in databases, some of which have long memories and are not > publicly available. It's often not immediately obvious that such a range > has a poor reputation somewhere so you end up wasting time etc. > > A new direct allocation has zero reputation, good or bad. > > If you are lucky enough to have the option, my preference would be to go > for a new allocation since it removes some variables.
A brand new allocation could still have been illicitly announced into BGP before and acquired a bad reputation that way. Though AFAIK it's too late for brand-new space in the RIPE region, I think they're just reallocating reclaimed address space now. _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop
