[164680] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ARIN WHOIS for leads
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Hite)
Fri Jul 26 21:02:43 2013
In-Reply-To: <CAKhVRCfVZ7g9yxswz_cKxZQtx3dRhN1nbpuNwHqfm_3W8R73ww@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 18:02:31 -0700
From: Matt Hite <lists@beatmixed.com>
To: Justin Vocke <justin.vocke@gmail.com>
Cc: North American Networking and Offtopic Gripes List <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
I actually think it's important to have contact information publicly
available. I realize this opens the door for abuse, but I've found that
using a call screening service (Google Voice) at least provides a bit of
shield.
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Justin Vocke <justin.vocke@gmail.com>wrote:
> Sent this little e-mail to ARIN:
>
> I'm not sure that you guys can do anything about this, but it's worth
> looking into. I registered AS626XX a week ago, and since it's registration,
> I've been getting calls from "wholesale" carriers trying to get me to
> purchase IP transit from them. Someone is obviously using your database of
> contact information to generate sales leads.
>
> 512-377-6827 was one of the numbers trying to get more information about
> my
> network and how they could "help" me.
>
> My guess is someone is using your mass whois database, looking at the most
> recently issued/created AS numbers, and cold calling.
>
> Just thought I'd pass this along.
> ---------
>
> Due to the amount of calls I've received, I'm guessing its probably a good
> idea to remove my contact info from the registration and setup role's
> instead.
>
> Does this sorta thing happen frequently with new registrations or did I
> just draw the short straw?
>
> Best,
> Justin
>
