Re: ARIN whois contact abuse from ipv4depot aka Silicon Desert International Inc

[Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc>]

Sure. I have no issues ARIN handling what is reported to them.

That only works if victims report spam and compare notes.
>

I don't agree with the 'compare notes' part. That's ARIN's job in the
processing of reports.

On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 12:01 PM Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org> wrote:

> Tom,
>
> When an ARIN member violates their agreement and spams from ARIN’s
> databases, it’s not just an “Internet is fertile ground” deal. It’s a
> betrayal of a legal trust, one that demands accountability. I’m quite happy
> that ARIN promptly responds to these abuses, and gets results. That only
> works if victims report spam and compare notes. Let the “fertile ground” be
> elsewhere!
>
>  -mel beckman
>
> On Oct 12, 2023, at 8:49 AM, Tom Beecher <beecher () beecher cc> wrote:
>
> 
>
> > It's ridiculous that they resort to scraping public lists and DBs to try
> > and achieve what they're attempting to do.
>
> Everyone is always looking for information they can use to advance some
> agenda or purpose. The internet is fertile ground for that. Always has
> been, always will be.
>
> Not taking shots at anyone here, but I am boggled why this is a common
> public complaint. Block the sender and move on.
>
> On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 7:56 PM Peter Potvin via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
> wrote:
>
> > Definitely have received this same spam multiple times and so have a few
> > others I know. It's ridiculous that they resort to scraping public lists
> > and DBs to try and achieve what they're attempting to do.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Peter Potvin | Executive Director
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > *Accuris Technologies Ltd.*
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 7:52 PM Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Is anyone else receiving spam from this organization? Based on the
> > > contents of the cold solicitations they are sending us, and the addresses
> > > being sent to, they have scraped ARIN WHOIS data for noc and abuse POC
> > > contact info and recent ipv4 block transfers.
> > >
> > > It's trivially easy to block their entire domain at the mail server
> > > level, of course...