[anti-abuse-wg] Hold time for abused address space - DNSChanger IP's reallocated

On Wednesday 15 August 2012 17.46, lists at help.org wrote:
> > We've ended up with IP space that had a "reputation" in the past
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> Many of the "blacklist" operators are unreliable when correcting 
> errors/outdated info in their system.   The reports I get from people 
> are that blacklist operators are often arrogant and accusatory and they 
> often disregard explanations because they think they know better.  Often 
> these operators have anointed themselves as some type of authority but 
> they rarely have any legal training and they often disregard other 
> policies (such as privacy policies) because they think their issues 
> trumps everything else.  These types often think their technical 
> knowledge gives some some type of elevated status and they accuse 
> everyone else of being spammers, too stupid to be on the Internet, and 
> demand everyone follow their rules, etc.

This sounds that a biased opinion to me ...

Blacklists exists for a reason, the reason is that spam has been neglected for so long 
and so little has benn done by those that _should_ take action. 

This very group is a good example, once created to fight spam, but when 
very little got effected the list was renamed to anti-abuse. Today it deals 
mostly with whois-enhancements. Sorry, but this is my personal experience.

When nothing else works, blocking a range is what remains. 
Yes, blocking could be made better, for example some feedback from registries when a 
block has been reallocated might be of value. This info could be announced 
in by RIPE et.al. so blocklist operators may pick up this info.


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        Peter Håkanson   

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        again ... and again ... and again ... and again.
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