[anti-abuse-wg] How to find abandoned networks (was Spam FAQs need revision)
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Shane Kerr
shane at time-travellers.org
Tue Dec 13 11:52:23 CET 2011
Joe, It's a bit of a tangent, but... On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 11:22 -0800, Joe St Sauver wrote: > If nothing else, that FAQ answer should *at least* be updated to correct > factual inaccuracies because at least *some* other RIRs *DO* check and/or > correct inaccuracies in their databases, e.g., see, in the case of ARIN, > APNIC and LACNIC, see: > > -- https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#three6 > > "3.6 Annual Whois POC Validation > > "3.6.1 Method of Annual Verification > > "During ARINs annual Whois POC validation, an email will be sent to > every POC in the Whois database. Each POC will have a maximum of 60 > days to respond with an affirmative that their Whois contact > information is correct and complete. Unresponsive POC email addresses > shall be marked as such in the database. If ARIN staff deems a POC to > be completely and permanently abandoned or otherwise illegitimate, > the POC record shall be marked invalid. ARIN will maintain, and make > readily available to the community, a current list of number resources > with no valid POC; this data will be subject to the current bulk Whois > policy." What a great method for finding networks that are poorly monitored and maintained! Simply check ARIN's Whois database until you find networks with POC that are marked as invalid! I hope that RIPE does not adopt this address-hijacking-friendly technique. :( -- Shane
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