[103181] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NXDOMAIN data needed for survey
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Hannigan)
Fri Mar 21 02:29:59 2008
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:29:05 -0400
From: "Martin Hannigan" <hannigan@gmail.com>
To: "Steve Atkins" <steve@blighty.com>
Cc: "nanog list" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <B718ABBA-D7A8-4A82-98CD-1B257FD8F0FD@blighty.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Steve Atkins <steve@blighty.com> wrote:
[ snip ]
> I wonder who he's paying for his nxdomain data, and whether that
> someone is authorized to sell it. It strikes me that it's just a small
> step for someone with access to ISP internal data to go from selling
> DNS logs to selling usernames too.
This is tip of the iceberg level activity. These people are exploiting
"unique identifiers" i.e. domains names and IP addresses. We need to
fear them, and respond appropriately. They are disruptive to the
Internet, to the users and commerce.
-M<
