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Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space
From: Brian Candler <B.Candler () pobox com>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:49:39 +0000
On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 06:23:26PM +0200, Shepherd Magumo wrote:
Odds are, they're looking for a willing host for a snowshoe spamming operation. If I wanted space for something like that, Afrinic region providers would not be my first choice...particularly for the hosting. AFAIK, there are numerous LIRs in the RIPE region, particularly Romania who are more than happy to lease large blocks of IPv4 to anyone for any purpose. I guessed as much, it can only be a spamming operation. I will play along, offer them a lease and charge them over 9000 a day.
Tell them they can have the block, but they need to send you an up-front reservation fee (by Western Union) to cover local administrative costs.
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- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space Phil Regnauld (Mar 08)
- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space bmanning (Mar 08)
- RE: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space Leigh Porter (Mar 08)
- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space Jon Lewis (Mar 08)
- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space Jon Lewis (Mar 08)
- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space Tom Hill (Mar 08)
- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space Suresh Ramasubramanian (Mar 08)
- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space Phil Regnauld (Mar 08)
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- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space Brian Candler (Mar 12)
- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space bmanning (Mar 08)
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- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space Randy Bush (Mar 08)
- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space George Herbert (Mar 08)
- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space Jeffrey Lyon (Mar 08)
- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space Tammy A Wisdom (Mar 08)
- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space Jeffrey Lyon (Mar 08)
- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space Randy Bush (Mar 08)
- Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space Randy Bush (Mar 08)