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Suresh Ramasubramanian
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Wed Aug 17 13:06:41 CEST 2016
Oh, that's where the "we are not the document police" refrain comes in very useful as an expression of support. --srs > On 17-Aug-2016, at 4:16 PM, Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg at tristatelogic.com> wrote: > > > In message <ADC89954-A8EE-4304-B4BC-74B12E74C58D at gmail.com>, > Suresh Ramasubramanian <ops.lists at gmail.com> wrote: > >> There was this little kerfuffle some years back >> >> http://www.pcworld.com/article/174651/article.html > > Thanks LOTS Suresh! I didn't know anthing about this till now, but this > write-up is absolutely the funniest thing I've read all year so far, > although the parts I think are hilarious are probably not the same > ones that other people think are hilarious. Examples: > > RIPE contends it was duped and that at the time, it was impossible > to tell that the front company wasn't legitimate. > > What's the expression? "Either lead, follow, or get out of the f***ing way." > > If RIPE NCC is unable to tell if a company is real or not, perhaps they > should farm out this part of their duties to a more experienced third- > party subcontractor. (I'm available. :-) > > That essentially made RIPE part of a money laundering operation... > > And here we are, 7 years later, and this has changed how, exactly? > > RIPE does take measure to vet new applicants, but in the case of RBN, > "it's quite difficult to find those people if they are hidden behind > those shell companies and fake fronts," > > For some reason this reminds me of those child psychology experiments > where researchers try to figure out at what age, on average, children > begin to grasp the fact that when a ball is moved so that it is behind > a visual barrier, it doesn't actually and physically disappear forever. > > > Regards, > rfg > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/anti-abuse-wg/attachments/20160817/1976c68b/attachment.html>
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