[120667] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: just...wow.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven Bellovin)
Wed Dec 30 13:21:33 2009
From: Steven Bellovin <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
In-Reply-To: <a06200702c76143b27d5d@[192.168.1.3]>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:20:34 -0500
To: Jerry Pasker <info@n-connect.net>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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.
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> Scumbag email:
> ------------
> Hello,
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> 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?
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> Thank you.
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> The part that leaves me feeling good is that they do get abuse =
complaints from time to time. There's hope.
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Of course, it could also be a joe job to frame the inquirer...
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
