Maybe a silly idea, but shouldn't the sale of a block of addresses (RIR ownership change) trigger a removal of that block from all reputation list databases? If I buy a car from a police auction, I'm fairly sure the FBI doesn't start tailing me, because the car was once used for less than legal purposes. New owner, clean slate.
Chuck -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Justin Wilson Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2017 10:51 AM To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: Purchased IPv4 Woes I am interested in what broker you used as well. We have used a few that do a little due diligence on their end, but we still do our own. We have seen an auction pulled due to the space having a bad reputation, but we were the ones who had to step up and say something. Justin Wilson j...@mtin.net --- http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth http://www.midwest-ix.com COO/Chairman Internet Exchange - Peering - Distributed Fabric > On Mar 10, 2017, at 12:00 PM, Pete Baldwin <p...@tccmail.ca> wrote: > > Hi All, > > Hopefully this is not taken in bad taste. Our organization purchased > some IP space last year (163.182.192.0/18 to be specific), and it appears > that this block must have been used for less-than-admirable purposes in the > past. > > We have been trying to clean up the reputation where possible, and we do not > appear to be on any blacklists, but we do appear to be blocked from a lot of > networks across the US/Canada. I am noticing a lot of name servers > blocking our requests, many web servers, gaming servers, mail etc. > > This is a transition block for us to move towards v6 everywhere, but we have > many systems that will need to rely on this block of space for some time to > come. > > We are a small rural co-op ISP in Ontario, and I am just writing this email > as an extra plea so that if you happen to run a network that has this entire > range on your naughty list, we would appreciate you giving it another chance. > I can be contacted on or off list, thanks. > > > -- > > > ----- > > Pete Baldwin > Tuckersmith Communications > (P) 519-565-2400 > (C) 519-441-7383 >
