[138457] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phil Regnauld)
Tue Mar 8 08:43:46 2011
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 14:43:38 +0100
From: Phil Regnauld <regnauld@nsrc.org>
To: Shepherd Magumo <shepherd@snowball.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=qFGDO8+VKYPbwVSMsibmNGurcaydiv3qtvUez@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org, afnog@afnog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
(Cross posting to nanog, apologies if this is considered not appropriate).
Shepherd Magumo (shepherd) writes:
> Good day,
>
> I work for an ISP with own small AfriNIC IP block and ASN number and
> recently received a second suspicious request for a huge IP address space
> with server hosting solution and we are about to turn it down.
>
> Below is the exact request and I am sure there is something dodge about this
> request. Anybody else in ISP receive this?
>
> We are looking for an IP address space of /17 and we would like to lease it
> > for one complete year. Please quote us the price and if its something in
> > our
> > range, We will go ahead and purchase, Along with it do you provide
> > dedicated
> > servers and hosting services. Get back to me soon along with the requested
> > details.
Hi Shepherd,
Without disclosing the sender of this mail, do you know where it's
originating from, region wise ? The size looks a bit large to be a
legitimate request. They might be probing the market to find a LIR
willing to go along with a scam.
As I see it, if you consider the ratio of available IPv4 space left in
the AfriNIC pool vs. the population in Africa, there is a temptation
for IPv4 hungry orgs. to acquire v4 space via front companies in Africa,
and announce it elsewhere - where the validation process for the
appropriate RIR would be more stringent.
Cheers,
Phil
