Re: Past policies versus present and future uses

[Rubens Kuhl <rubensk () gmail com>]

On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 1:28 PM Rob McEwen <rob () invaluement com> wrote:

> A take on the 1979 movie "When A Stranger Calls" - "have you checked the
> children?" becomes "have you checked the IP registration?"
>
> [image: Have you checked the IP registration?]
>
>
> The vast majority of the time, Ron Guilmette does "the Lord's work" - but
> THIS time - it looks to me like he put his political biases ahead of legit
> anti-abuse, and it's no surprise that we now have a trail of destruction
> left behind, along with much "innocent bystander" collateral damage.
>
> Is DDoS-Guard without blame? Probably not, but them hosting some
> occasional criminals is NOT UNLIKE EVERY OTHER GLOBAL NETWORK! So like
> other large and diversity global networks, anti abuse should focus on
> removing their worst criminals/spammers. By these SAME standards, many
> other large and famous networks should lose most or much of their IPs too!
>
> So here we are, with many OTHER networks now legitimately freaked out
> about losing their IPs, and with massive potential collateral damage that
> might hurt many "innocent bystanders" each time that is done!
They are not losing IPs because of hosting questionable content. It's very
reassuring to see RIR policies being enforced; there is a sentiment of lack
of accountability in IP allocations and that changing is positive for all
the ecosystem.


Rubens