[138686] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [afnog] Suspicious request for IP address space
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Candler)
Sat Mar 12 05:50:51 2011
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 10:49:39 +0000
From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com>
To: Shepherd Magumo <shepherd@snowball.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=8MhB-Xw-=Xezpy=7D+-TGzFLHCT6nuDac+ASc@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: Phil, nanog@nanog.org, afnog@afnog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 06:23:26PM +0200, Shepherd Magumo wrote:
> Odds are, they're looking for a willing host for a snowshoe spamming
> operation. If I wanted space for something like that, Afrinic
> region providers would not be my first choice...particularly for the
> hosting. AFAIK, there are numerous LIRs in the RIPE region,
> particularly Romania who are more than happy to lease large blocks
> of IPv4 to anyone for any purpose.
>
> I guessed as much, it can only be a spamming operation. I will play
> along, offer them a lease and charge them over 9000 a day.
Tell them they can have the block, but they need to send you an up-front
reservation fee (by Western Union) to cover local administrative costs.
