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Re: Netblock reassigned from Chile to US ISP...

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Sat Dec 13 02:30:15 2008

Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 23:30:09 -0800
From: "Paul Ferguson" <fergdawgster@gmail.com>
To: "Randy Bush" <randy@psg.com>
In-Reply-To: <4943631E.3010303@psg.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org

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On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:24 PM, Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> wrote:

>> Give me an IP address (privately, of course). I can tell you if it is,
>> with
>> consult from other colleagues in the security community.
>
> 147.28.0.36
>
> and "consult with colleagues" is not something very operationally
> scalable.
>

Of course, chasing ghosts in RGnet/PSGnet is clever, but not a worthwhile
exercise.

The point here is that there are many folks monitoring open proxies for
illegal activities, etc., and not all of the mind-share reside in one
single database.

A collaborate effort to share information on abuse activity is required, of
course -- and indeed already exists.

So having said all that, what exactly was your point? :-)

- - ferg

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