just...wow.
Tony Varriale
tvarriale at comcast.net
Wed Dec 30 23:18:30 UTC 2009
Would it be possible to string along and coordinate with the appropriate law
enforcement entity?
tv
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Pasker" <info at n-connect.net>
To: <nanog at nanog.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 12:04 PM
Subject: just...wow.
>I got this email inquiring about data center space, from the most honest
>scumbag, *EVER* today. Operational relevance? Well, if everyone would
>turn these people down, we'd have a lot less problems to deal with. Sadly,
>requests like these happen far too often, but never have I had someone come
>right out and explain what they were doing up front like this without
>having to dig in to it.
>
> Scumbag email:
> ------------
> Hello,
>
> I need servers to host botnet controller. Botnet controller is software
> that sends tasks to bots. Bots are hosts which send spam emails to
> millions of addresses. It's not direct spam but abuses on botnet contoller
> are received from time to time. What is your policy in case of receiving
> abuses and what is your policy in case of receiving a lot of abuses? What
> is policy about spam (not direct from your ips as I mentioned above)? Is
> it possible to host botnet controller in your datacenter during long-term
> time?
>
> Thank you.
> --------------
>
> The part that leaves me feeling good is that they do get abuse complaints
> from time to time. There's hope.
>
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