RE: Reclaiming hijacked handle

[Martin Hannigan <hannigan () fugawi net>]

The operational signifigance, security, and the latter, my
personal need, have been addressed. The former was the intention,
the latter became the issue.

If for some reason security of ARIN <not necc. NetSol>
isn't an on topic operational subject, feel free to slap
me about.

Thanks to Richard/ARIN for answering both aspects of the
query.

-M


On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:

> Am I missing the importance of this somewhere or is this really not worth
> 100s of list members and the ARIN Director of Operations looking into it?
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Richard Jimmerson wrote:
>
> > Hello Martin,
> >
> > > I noticed my handle was hijacked by a company I used
> > > to work for.
> >
> > There is no match for MH309-ARIN in ARIN WHOIS.
> >
> > > Naturally, I want it back since I went to use it and it's
> > > incorrect.
> > > My old handle, MH309, is now MH569.
> >
> > Since March of 2001 ARIN has removed many POC handles from
> > its database that were no longer associated with
> > registration records.
> >
> > MH309-ARIN is one of the handles that was removed.
> >
> > If you wish to have MH309-ARIN reactivated in place of
> > MH569-ARIN, I would be glad to speak to you about this.
> >
> > Please contact me off this list.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Richard Jimmerson
> > Director of Operations
> > American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On
> > > Behalf Of Martin Hannigan
> > > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:07 AM
> > > To: nanog () merit edu
> > > Subject: Reclaiming hijacked handle
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I noticed my handle was hijacked by a company I used
> > > to work for.
> > >
> > > Naturally, I want it back since I went to use it and it's
> > > incorrect.
> > >
> > > My old handle, MH309, is now MH569.
> > >
> > > Question 1: Did ARIN start expiring unused handles or did
> > > something in the process of the hijack cause my handle to increment up
> > > to 569, which I'm assuming was the next open number in the
> > > in the scheme for 'MH'.
> > >
> > > Question 2: If an account is passworded, how were they able to
> > > take it? Does ARIN not ask for a copy of a license or other
> > > photo ID when making voice/fax based changes to POC's?
> > >
> > > [ Then again, they could've used my photo from the HR files
> > >   ala I9 documentation ]
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > -M