[115905] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Can someone from SORBS contact me offlist?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Thomas)
Sat Jul 11 15:15:59 2009
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:10:56 -0700
From: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>
To: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <A89DF0BB-4A2A-4F9B-B913-1D8AA13690C2@ianai.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> Given that you said AHBL requires two weeks to remove good IP addresses
> unless there is an "established contact", I'll be sure never to use said
> list. Suppose my business partner gets listed? Am I to ruin our
> relationship for two weeks because you are busy or don't like the fact
> we don't pay you? We didn't pay you to list us either.
What he's describing isn't a business; it's a protection racket.
> Running a blacklist sucks. It's got to be one of the hardest jobs for a
> white-hat to do on the 'Net. But if you don't like it, don't do it.
> Doing it then complaining about it after is .. silly.
Yep.
Mike
