Reclaiming hijacked handle

Mon Jun 10 16:37:44 UTC 2002

The operational signifigance, security, and the latter, my
personal need, have been addressed. The former was the intention,
the latter became the issue.

If for some reason security of ARIN <not necc. NetSol>
isn't an on topic operational subject, feel free to slap
me about.

Thanks to Richard/ARIN for answering both aspects of the
query.

-M

On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:

>
> Am I missing the importance of this somewhere or is this really not worth
> 100s of list members and the ARIN Director of Operations looking into it?
>
> Steve
>
>
> On Mon, 10 Jun 2002, Richard Jimmerson wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello Martin,
> >
> > > I noticed my handle was hijacked by a company I used
> > > to work for.
> >
> > There is no match for MH309-ARIN in ARIN WHOIS.
> >
> > > Naturally, I want it back since I went to use it and it's
> > > incorrect.
> > > My old handle, MH309, is now MH569.
> >
> > Since March of 2001 ARIN has removed many POC handles from
> > its database that were no longer associated with
> > registration records.
> >
> > MH309-ARIN is one of the handles that was removed.
> >
> > If you wish to have MH309-ARIN reactivated in place of
> > MH569-ARIN, I would be glad to speak to you about this.
> >
> > Please contact me off this list.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Richard Jimmerson
> > Director of Operations
> > American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On
> > > Behalf Of Martin Hannigan
> > > Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:07 AM
> > > To: nanog at merit.edu
> > > Subject: Reclaiming hijacked handle
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I noticed my handle was hijacked by a company I used
> > > to work for.
> > >
> > > Naturally, I want it back since I went to use it and it's
> > > incorrect.
> > >
> > > My old handle, MH309, is now MH569.
> > >
> > > Question 1: Did ARIN start expiring unused handles or did
> > > something in the process of the hijack cause my handle to increment up
> > > to 569, which I'm assuming was the next open number in the
> > > in the scheme for 'MH'.
> > >
> > > Question 2: If an account is passworded, how were they able to
> > > take it? Does ARIN not ask for a copy of a license or other
> > > photo ID when making voice/fax based changes to POC's?
> > >
> > > [ Then again, they could've used my photo from the HR files
> > >   ala I9 documentation ]
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > -M
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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