very interesting, so it will have quite a bit of collateral impact on innocent cogent customers? I like this, because merely removing cogents access probably wouldn't sway them much.
On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 8:30 PM John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> wrote: > ARIN has suspended service for all Cogent-registered IP address blocks. > Customers with their own IP blocks blocks that are simply being announced > by Cogent are not affected. > > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > American Registry for Internet Numbers > > > On Jan 6, 2020, at 9:44 PM, Ross Tajvar <r...@tajvar.io> wrote: > > > Yeah this raises a great point - I'm curious how ARIN is differentiating > between cogent and cogens customers when monitoring for prohibited access. > Particularly those customers whose IPs belong to and are announced by > Cogent. > > On Mon, Jan 6, 2020, 10:38 PM Martin Hannigan <hanni...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> — shifting a side thread >> >> >> John, >> >> I have no stake in this, so far, but I have a few questions. >> >> Can you define exactly what services have been blocked? IRR/ROA/TLA >> registry updates, etc? Were they blocked ^174 or 174$? This is a precedent >> AFAIK. I’d like to understand consequences. In case I decide to attend >> Dave’s sales training? :-) >> >> Cheers, >> >> -M< >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 10:45 John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> wrote: >> >>> On 22 Sep 2019, at 8:52 AM, Tim Burke <t...@tburke.us> wrote: >>> >>> >>> That is just The Cogent Way™, unfortunately. I just had (yet another) >>> Cogent rep spam me using an email address that is _only_ used as an ARIN >>> contact, trying to sell me bandwidth. When I called him out on it, with >>> complia...@arin.net CCed, he backpedaled and claimed to obtain my >>> information from Google. >>> >>> >>> ARIN has repeatedly informed Cogent that their use of the ARIN Whois for >>> solicitation is contrary to the terms of use and that they must stop. >>> Despite ARIN’s multiple written demands to Cogent to cease these prohibited >>> activities, ARIN has continued to receive complaints from registrants that >>> Cogent continues to engage in these prohibited solicitation activities. >>> >>> For this reason, ARIN has suspended Cogent Communications’ use of >>> ARIN’s Whois database effective today and continuing for a period of six >>> months. For additional details please refer to >>> https://www.arin.net/vault/about_us/corp_docs/20200106_whois_tos_violation.pdf >>> ARIN will restore Cogent’s access to the Whois database at an earlier >>> time if Cogent meets certain conditions, including instructing its sales >>> personnel not to engage in the prohibited solicitation activities. >>> >>> Given the otherwise general availability of ARIN Whois, it is quite >>> possible that Cogent personnel may evade the suspension via various means >>> and continue their solicitation. If that does occur, please inform us (via >>> complia...@arin.net), as ARIN is prepared to extend the suspension >>> and/or bring appropriate legal action. >>> >>> FYI, >>> /John >>> >>> John Curran >>> President and CEO >>> American Registry for Internet Numbers >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>