[151417] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: spammers trying to "lease" IP space?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Curran)
Wed Mar 21 11:06:03 2012
From: John Curran <jcurran@arin.net>
To: Michael Holstein <michael.holstein@csuohio.edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:04:35 +0000
In-Reply-To: <4F69E939.8060006@csuohio.edu>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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We're aware of several parties out there soliciting to 'lease'=20
your address space, and it appears that most of them are bulk=20
email operations. Given that the nearly inevitable consequence
is that the blocks in question end up on various anti-spam=20
blacklists, I imagine that anyone would have to think very=20
carefully about pursuing that option...
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If you truly have more address space than you need, you can always=20
return it :-), list it as available on ARIN's specified transfer listing
service (note - this may result in potential recipients calling you) or=20
working with a facilitator to make it available. More info on all of=20
these options: https://www.arin.net/resources/transfers/index.html
and: https://www.arin.net/resources/transfer_listing/listers.html
FYI,
/John
John Curran
President and CEO
ARIN
On Mar 21, 2012, at 10:44 AM, Michael Holstein wrote:
> I know this tactic isn't exactly new .. just thought I'd pass this along.
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> Text below is exact with exception of our ARIN information and ranges
> (which any of you could figure out anyway).
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> Cheers,
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> Michael Holstein
> Cleveland State University
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> --snip--
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> Description: ABC Widgets
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> *Greetings, NOC or IP Admin at (our ARIN NetName)*
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> **=20
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> We would like to Lease or even Purchase some of your IPv4 Ranges like=20
> (our/16)
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> =93Why do You want to lease our IPs?=94
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> Very Simply: Our Business is the delivery of Opted In Marketing Email. Th=
e key=20
> to this business is good stewardship of IP assets to ensure deliverabilit=
y, and=20
> even more importantly; *Sustainability. *Many of our IP leases last years=
due to=20
> our investment in our network before we ever even mail. As a result it ta=
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> Several months before a subnet is profitable for us after recouping our i=
nitial=20
> infrastructure expenses. So to Hit and Run simply does not make good busi=
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> sense, after all maybe if we are good to our word you will offer us addit=
ional IPs!
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> there are two core requirements in any Major League Mail Campaign ?
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> a. _Having a solid list_ with real recipients and records to prove their =
Sign up=20
> is vital to delivery but also to settling any complaints registered with =
an ISP.
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> b. _Using Multiple IP addresses_. If having a good list is a good defense=
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> using Multiple Static IP addresses is a proactive measure. ISPs, Backbone=
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> Carriers, Software Makers, and more all use (among other means) Algorithm=
s to=20
> shape traffic across their networks and to their clients. Using an MTA to=
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> our traffic across thousands of IP addresses from then thousands of =91C-=
Blocks=92=20
> we mitigate the footprint of our traffic originating from any one network=
range.
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> ?/It should be noted here that this email is a Request for Pricing (RFP) =
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> recipients have in no way requested it, they have instead been identified=
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> through research, and therefore this email should not be thought of as=20
> characteristic of our normal mailings./
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> Precision Management of Texas (USA) offers on-demand solutions for brand=
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> marketers and website promotion chiefly through email marketing. Currentl=
y PM is=20
> seeking to expand its network capability both overseas and here in the US=
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> the addition of several points of presence (PoP) in geographically divers=
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> locations. Precision Management makes no attempt to conceal identity or=20
> intentions as a show of good faith on our part that we will be good custo=
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> with an eye on building a relationship beyond this installation. It shoul=
d go=20
> without saying that our use of your network will be totally AUP Compliant=
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> any complaints will be handled in 12 hours or less. We only mail to Top L=
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> Domain=92s and do no General Internet mailing. Also i want you to be awar=
e that we=20
> are an American Company with verifiable references who can attest to how =
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> conduct our email business.
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> Description: C:\Users\BLEAUH~1\AppData\Local\Temp\~ed_sb_i\~files\3.gif
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> Description: Content Image InlinePM seeks to obtain as much diversity in =
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> allocated IP space as possible, however the most important thing is the S=
ubnets=20
> need to have no abuse history.
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> We can take the IPs via GRE or BGP or other such tunneling solution to wh=
ere you=20
> have them announced. Alternatively we can advertise them ourselves on our=
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> network, saving you the back-haul. As a third solution we can take a serv=
er on=20
> your network with the following specs
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> One Virtual (or Dedicated) Server =96
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> Dual Cores
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> 1 GB RAM
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> 100 GB HDD?
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> 3 Mbps dedicated - burstable to 100
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> Term period minimum of 6-12 months
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> I hope you have read this far and will seriously consider this opportunit=
y to=20
> generate additional revenue for your company.
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> If this email has found you in error please fwd it to the right person an=
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> me. Otherwise hit the un-sub at the bottom!
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> Thanks,
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> Edward Wootan
> Chief Technical Officer
> Precision Management LLC <http://www.precision-management.net/>
> 3030 LBJ Freeway
> Dallas, TX 75234
> If you are interested in working with a *Legitimate Marketer *
> please reply to this email or call me Direct at *(704)286-6098* anytime.
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