RBN and it's spin-offs

Ricardo Tavares curupas at gmail.com
Thu Dec 31 04:16:29 UTC 2009


Hey, I am not sure if this is the question asked in the first email.

If I found a RBN fishing site, and ask RBN to shutdown the site, appears to
me that this will not be done...so I  need to block all the RBN cyber space,
or initiate a fight for a warrant?

I would prefer just block RBN sites...





On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Keith Medcalf <kmedcalf at dessus.com> wrote:

>
> >>> Reportedly started by someone operating under the name
> >>> "Flyman," RBN is known as the mother of cybercrime among
> >>> online investigators. François Paget, senior expert for
> >>> the McAfee company, says that RBN began as an Internet
> >>> provider and offered "impenetrable" hosting for $600 a
> >>> month.  This meant a guarantee that it would not give
> >>> out information about its clients, no matter what
> >>> business they were in.
>
> >> This is a commendable position and one that should be the
> >> default for all businesses.  Severe penalties (such as cutting
> >> out of the tongue or cutting off hands) should be dealt to
> >> anyone who releases private information without having first
> >> ensured that such disclosure is in accordance with a properly
> >> obtained court order issued by a competent court in a public
> >> hearing (and no, administrative tribunals are not courts of law).
>
> > Wow.  I always knew there existed some alternate universe where the
> > RBN were actually the good guys.  Didn't expect to find it so fast,
> > and on nanog at that.
>
> Wasn't it Larry Flynt that said: "Because if its good enough to
> protect a scumbag like me its sure darn good enough to protect
> all of you".
>
> Without a warrant, there is an absolute right to privacy.
> It continues to exist right up until either (a) one party chooses
> to give up that privacy or (b) a third party arrives with a Court
> Order.  This is simply a covenant between two parties to preserve
> that "private" state unless lawfully compelled by lawful process
> otherwise.  In other words, a covenant to adhere to the rule of
> law and the courts in the event of any dispute between the parties
> or any third party.  It sure seems like a good thing to me -- and a
> covenant I would hope anyone I do business adheres to.
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