Re: "Russian Police And Internet Registry Accused Of Aiding Cybercrime"

[Alex Lanstein <ALanstein () FireEye com>]

Ugh.  What a disingenuous article.  Like "The Internet" would really want an RIR unilaterally deciding if your 
allocation was for legal purposes or not.

Now, what RIPE NCC is guilty of, and others I'm sure, is allowing totally fake SWIP entries.  There should be a policy 
akin to the domain side such that WHOIS information must be valid.  Proxy/privately registered or not, it shouldn't be 
straight up fraudulent, the way most of the bad actors do it today.  

You want to talk about "one step closer to attribution", figure out who the heck is really buying these netblocks.

Alex

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From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Paul Vixie [paul () vix com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 5:11 PM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] "Russian Police And Internet Registry Accused Of Aiding       Cybercrime"

"Internet registry RIPE NCC turned a blind eye to cybercrime, and
Russian police corruption helped the perpetrators get away with it,
according to the UK Serious Organised Crime Agency"

http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/russian-police-and-internet-registry-accused-of-aiding-cybercrime-2165
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