[48620] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Reclaiming hijacked handle
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Jimmerson)
Mon Jun 10 11:01:45 2002
Reply-To: <richardj@arin.net>
From: "Richard Jimmerson" <richardj@arin.net>
To: "'Martin Hannigan'" <hannigan@fugawi.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 11:00:35 -0400
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSO.4.33.0206100956390.23639-100000@trimaran.outland.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Hello Martin,
> I noticed my handle was hijacked by a company I used
> to work for.
There is no match for MH309-ARIN in ARIN WHOIS.
> Naturally, I want it back since I went to use it and it's
> incorrect.
> My old handle, MH309, is now MH569.
Since March of 2001 ARIN has removed many POC handles from
its database that were no longer associated with
registration records.
MH309-ARIN is one of the handles that was removed.
If you wish to have MH309-ARIN reactivated in place of
MH569-ARIN, I would be glad to speak to you about this.
Please contact me off this list.
Best Regards,
Richard Jimmerson
Director of Operations
American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On
> Behalf Of Martin Hannigan
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:07 AM
> To: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Reclaiming hijacked handle
>
>
>
>
> I noticed my handle was hijacked by a company I used
> to work for.
>
> Naturally, I want it back since I went to use it and it's
> incorrect.
>
> My old handle, MH309, is now MH569.
>
> Question 1: Did ARIN start expiring unused handles or did
> something in the process of the hijack cause my handle to increment up
> to 569, which I'm assuming was the next open number in the
> in the scheme for 'MH'.
>
> Question 2: If an account is passworded, how were they able to
> take it? Does ARIN not ask for a copy of a license or other
> photo ID when making voice/fax based changes to POC's?
>
> [ Then again, they could've used my photo from the HR files
> ala I9 documentation ]
>
> Thanks,
>
> -M
>
>
