Suresh, On Wed, 2011-03-09 at 19:18 +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
CustName: UNIVERSAL WEB DESIGN Address: 320 7th Ave, Suite 134 City: Brooklyn
Which happens to be a UPS store in Brooklyn .. http://www.theupsstorelocal.com/3678/
I guess ARIN needs to tighten their Whois policies then? ;)
There's clearly a process hole that is causing large netblocks to be allocated - mostly - as "vpn ranges", "dsl pools" etc and then repurposed for bulk mail.
It could be a lack of accuracy in whois It could be a window of opportunity that exists in the LIR process that is vulnerable to abuse It could be a disconnect between the RIPE anti abuse community and more mainstream / large SP antispam [and all due respect to RFG, he isn't wired into that scene either]
Could be a combination of all those, and more.
1. This needs fixing - either tightening policies or their enforcement 2. This needs people who highlight problems
Ron is doing a decent job at #2, and we're all straying far afield from #1
As far as I can tell, the desire is to make it against the policies to send spam from RIPE NCC address space. I find it incredibly frustrating that nobody will actually just say that. :) I think it will be very, very difficult to create such a policy. But I am certainly willing to help anyone willing to make an attempt. What I have not seen is any attempt, but rather complaints because it has not been done. If I'm missing the point and there is actually something else going on, please someone clue me in! If I am not missing the point, and the actual request is for an anti-spam policy, then someone please propose something! -- Shane