[147529] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Your Christmas Bonus Has Arrived
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Babak Farrokhi)
Wed Dec 14 01:32:59 2011
In-Reply-To: <217E1C9B-EC83-4801-BBD8-60C7777A0814@ianai.net>
From: Babak Farrokhi <babak@farrokhi.net>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:01:46 +0330
To: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Is there a comapny behind that gmail mailbox? And they could make a deal wit=
h MS & Borders using the same mailbox?
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Babak Farrokhi
On Dec 14, 2011, at 9:10 AM, "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net> wrote:=
> On Dec 13, 2011, at 11:56 PM, Justin M. Streiner wrote:
>> =08On Wed, 14 Dec 2011, Matt Taylor wrote:
>>> =08On 14/12/2011 2:13 PM, IPv4 Brokers wrote:
>>>> We are paying up-front (or escrow) for the use of networks that are not=
>>>> used. The networks are used for honeypots and other research.
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>>>> The networks may be used for a month or longer, you are paid an agreed
>>>> upon price per each month of use.
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>>>> We do require a minimum of /24.
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>> Sounds like another middleman for 'bulletproof' hosting services for peop=
le who generally are up to no good.
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> I believe this company is the one that sold the MS & Borders blocks, so th=
ey may be "legit" (whatever that means in this context).
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> Also, they may be using a GMail account because it is likely they crossed s=
ome line with people (perhaps even the NANOG mail admins) and need a disposa=
ble account.
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> Or maybe they really are running their business off *@gmail.com....
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> TTFN,
> patrick
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