[120666] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: just...wow.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Wed Dec 30 13:13:35 2009
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
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Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:12:29 -0500
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On Dec 30, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Jerry Pasker wrote:
> I got this email inquiring about data center space, from the most =
honest scumbag, *EVER* today. Operational relevance? Well, if everyone =
would turn these people down, we'd have a lot less problems to deal =
with. Sadly, requests like these happen far too often, but never have I =
had someone come right out and explain what they were doing up front =
like this without having to dig in to it.
They are going around to many providers.
Word of warning: At least one provider has commented that =
www.$COMPANY.com was DoS'ed when he turned down their request, although =
he said it was a pretty weak DoS. Guess his botnet controller isn't =
very good. :)
--=20
TTFN,
patrick
> Scumbag email:
> ------------
> Hello,
>=20
> I need servers to host botnet controller. Botnet controller is =
software that sends tasks to bots. Bots are hosts which send spam emails =
to millions of addresses. It's not direct spam but abuses on botnet =
contoller are received from time to time. What is your policy in case of =
receiving abuses and what is your policy in case of receiving a lot of =
abuses? What is policy about spam (not direct from your ips as I =
mentioned above)? Is it possible to host botnet controller in your =
datacenter during long-term time?
>=20
> Thank you.
> --------------
>=20
> The part that leaves me feeling good is that they do get abuse =
complaints from time to time. There's hope.
>=20
