Hi Andrei, Whilst it is unfortunate that some companies use this data for commercial sollicitation (Cogent isn’t the only one…), the fact that the information is in the publicly-accessible RIPE database puts this information into the public domain. Although the RIPE database Terms and Conditions specifically prohibit the use of the information for commercial solicitation (Article 4, paragraph 4 refers), in practice this restriction is difficult to enforce since the data is accessible to anyone anywhere irrespective of whether or not they are RIPE members. Leland Vandervort Gandi SAS 63-65 Boulevard Massena 75013 Paris, France WWW: http://www.gandi.net/ T: +33 1 70 39 37 59 M: +33 6 31 15 15 07 On 13 Jun 2014, at 14:12, Andrei Kushnireuski <ipas.master@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Colleagues,
First of all, happy Friday 13 =)
Cogent uses RIPE DB for phone spam. My colleague just received a phone call from +31204621445 with IP Transit offer. Colleague's phone number is published as admin-c in RIPE DB only.
For me it's very bad practice for same company like Cogent to use RIPE DB for spamming. Did anybody receive same calls/emails based on RIPE DB info?
Thanks.
- Andrei Kushnireuski AK1065-RIPE regID: cz.alfatelecom
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