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Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space
From: Tom Hill <tom () ninjabadger net>
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:52:26 +0000
On Tue, 2011-03-08 at 10:36 -0500, Jon Lewis 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.
Indeed. However, and I too get similar requests (not quite as big, but /24's and /23's etc.) The first thing I do is search for their "name" and domain they're e-mailling from, with the term 'ROKSO' behind it. 50% of the time you find a reference to the domain or their name in Spamhaus' ROKSO list. The other 50% of the time you find someone that isn't in there, but really should be... Tom
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