Thanks for the warning. We will strengthen our use of hierarchical authorization and go after these cases straight away. -- Carol In message <199704070917.mn06753@zeronull.aszi.sztaki.hu>, Gabor Kiss writes:

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Dear Hostmaster,

FYI. Last week the following fake records was created in the name of you:

inetnum: 194.117.120.201 - 194.117.120.201 netname: SAP-HUNGAROPHARMA descr: Hungaropharma RT country: HU admin-c: VG48-RIPE tech-c: VG48-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 960702 source: RIPE

inetnum: 194.117.120.204 - 194.117.120.204 netname: SAP-FOEVAROSI descr: Foevarosi Vizmuevek Rt. country: HU admin-c: SB568-RIPE tech-c: SB568-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 960702 source: RIPE

inetnum: 194.117.120.216 - 194.117.120.216 netname: SAP-MMG descr: MMG Automatikai Muevek Rt. country: HU admin-c: TJ308-RIPE tech-c: TJ308-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 960702 source: RIPE

inetnum: 194.117.120.231 - 194.117.120.231 netname: SAP-MVM descr: MVM RT. country: HU admin-c: AK625-RIPE tech-c: AK625-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA changed: hostmaster@ripe.net 960702 source: RIPE

I think some stronger authentication/authorization method is necessary as well as better education of local registries. :-)

Regards

Gabor