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 jcur...@arin.net wrote: On Jul 31, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Barry Shein b...@world.std.com wrote: The usual method

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 and

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] ANECDOTE I had a guy call and tell the person

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-31 Thread John Curran
On Jul 31, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Barry Shein b...@world.std.com 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

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 mysi...@gmail.com 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

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-27 Thread Frank Bulk
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 your abuse

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 frnk...@iname.com 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

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

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-27 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 7/27/13, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu 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

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Daniel Seagraves
On Jul 25, 2013, at 6:20 PM, Scott Weeks sur...@mauigateway.com 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

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

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 contacts. What's

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Jul 25, 2013, at 19:29 , Otis L. Surratt, Jr. o...@ocosa.com 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

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 26, 2013, at 09:32 , Ryan Pavely para...@nac.net 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

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread David Conrad
On Jul 26, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore patr...@ianai.net 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

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Steven Noble
On Jul 26, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore patr...@ianai.net wrote: On Jul 26, 2013, at 09:32 , Ryan Pavely para...@nac.net 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

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, sometimes

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Jul 26, 2013, at 11:05 , David Conrad d...@virtualized.org wrote: On Jul 26, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore patr...@ianai.net 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.

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. o...@ocosa.com wrote: From: Warren Bailey [mailto:wbai

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 to

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 d...@virtualized.org wrote: On Jul 26, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore patr...@ianai.net wrote: You can change anything you want. ARIN ICANN are both member organizations. Propose a change, get

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Scott Howard
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Justin Vocke justin.vo...@gmail.comwrote: 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

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Warren Bailey
@nanog.org Subject: RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads -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. o...@ocosa.com wrote: From: Warren Bailey

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Sholes, Joshua
On 7/26/13 11:59 AM, Otis L. Surratt, Jr. o...@ocosa.com 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,

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 Warren Bailey
,NANOG list nanog@nanog.org Subject: RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads 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

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
: -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. o...@ocosa.com wrote: From: Warren Bailey [mailto:wbai

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
On Jul 26, 2013, at 12:54 , Alex Rubenstein a...@corp.nac.net 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

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 Warren Bailey
) To: nanog@nanog.org 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 my day, but noticed

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 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 phone is

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread David Conrad
Patrick, On Jul 26, 2013, at 8:40 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore patr...@ianai.net 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

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Larry Stites
nanog@nanog.org 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 patr...@ianai.net wrote: Err. ICANN isn't a membership organization. It is possible to change things at ICANN, but the mechanisms are ... different

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. Train

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 John Curran
On Jul 26, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore patr...@ianai.net 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

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

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

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread John Curran
On Jul 26, 2013, at 7:42 AM, Otis L. Surratt, Jr. o...@ocosa.com 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

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Warren Bailey
of what's happening? Sent from my Mobile Device. Original message From: Scott Weeks sur...@mauigateway.com 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 wbai

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 7/26/13, John Curran jcur...@arin.net 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

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread John Curran
On Jul 26, 2013, at 4:34 PM, Jimmy Hess mysi...@gmail.com 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

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 justin.vo...@gmail.comwrote:

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

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 jle...@lewis.org Date: 07/26/2013 6:17 PM (GMT-08:00) To: Larry Stites nc...@sbcglobal.net Cc: NANOG list nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 7/26/13, Matt Hite li...@beatmixed.com 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

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 jle...@lewis.org wrote: On Fri, 26 Jul 2013, Larry Stites wrote: NANOG : network operators are precisely those who directly assisted in creating

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-26 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 7/26/13, Warren Bailey wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com 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

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

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Warren Bailey
Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of maintaining the whois? We registered a few domains and get the same thing, I think it's something that people are going to have to live with. :/ Sent from my Mobile Device. Original message From: Justin Vocke justin.vo...@gmail.com Date:

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Scott Weeks
--- justin.vo...@gmail.com wrote: From: Justin Vocke justin.vo...@gmail.com 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

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Scott Weeks
--- wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com wrote: From: Warren Bailey wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com We registered a few domains and get the same thing, I think it's something that people are going to have to live with. :/ ---

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 few domains

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Warren Bailey
...@mauigateway.com 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 wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com We registered a few domains and get the same thing, I think it's something

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Mark Gauvin
@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 live with. :/ I agree. We just politely tell them we are not interested

RE: ARIN WHOIS for leads

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

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Justin Vocke
: 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 wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com We registered a few domains and get the same thing, I think it's something that people

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Warren Bailey
...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com Cc: sur...@mauigateway.com,nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads I'm pretty sure you have to sign a AUP or something to get access to the mass whois tool with ARIN, I'm just not sure of how they enforce what people are actually doing with the list. On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 6

Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads

2013-07-25 Thread Scott Weeks
--- wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com wrote: From: Warren Bailey wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com ...this list has a lot of valuable eyes looking at it - so it's often a insert snake oil o' the month sales guy's wet dream. ...