Spam (un)blocking

Wed Apr 6 22:43:07 UTC 2005

At 06:10 PM 4/6/2005, JP Velders wrote:

> > Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 14:54:08 -0400
> > From: Adam Jacob Muller <adam at gotlinux.us>
> > Subject: Spam (un)blocking
>
> > [ ... ]
> > Second, is there some way to mark my block of addresses is owned by
> > responsible responsive system administrators.
>
>Over here in "RIPE land" so to speak, several ISP's (most notably
>FIRST members) have put a lot of effort in getting 'IRT' objects in
>the RipeDB.
>
>$ whois -h whois.ripe.net -r 194.171.31.0 | egrep 
>'^(inetnum|remarks|mnt-irt):'
>inetnum:      194.171.31.0 - 194.171.31.255
>remarks:      utilized by 802.1x authenticated guests utilizing EduRoam
>remarks:      see http://www.eduroam.nl/ for more information
>remarks:      in case of abuse: abuse at cwi.nl and cert at surfnet.nl
>mnt-irt:      irt-SURFnet-CERT

And this is MUCH appreciated. When trying to figure out where to send spam 
complaints, a network that's taken the time to put their abuse address in 
their records certainly appears to at least care, and so gets better treatment.

>That IRT object (I believe there were efforts underway for a similar
>system in the ARINdb, but I haven't followed it for over a year :( )
>is an object to identify the "Incident Response Team" which can be
>contacted regarding certain blocks of space.
>
>$ whois -h whois.ripe.net -r irt-SURFnet-CERT | egrep 
>'^(irt|signature|encryption|remarks|mnt-by):'
>irt:          irt-SURFNET-CERT
>signature:    PGPKEY-A6D57ECE
>encryption:   PGPKEY-A6D57ECE
>remarks:      SURFNET-CERT is the Computer Emergency
>remarks:      Response Team of SURFnet
>remarks:      This is a TI accredited CSIRT
>remarks:      (see http://www.ti.terena.nl/teams/level2.html)
>mnt-by:       TRUSTED-INTRODUCER-MNT
>
>More information can be found in Google, or on the FAQ by Jan Meijer:
>http://www.surfnetters.nl/meijer/tf-csirt/irt-object-faq.html
>
> > We have tech support on duty 24/7 and abuse complaints are dealt
> > with in a timely manner, so I am wondering if there is a way to
> > communicate our willingness to help in the fight against spam.
>
>Replace spam with abuse and you have something like the IRT object. ;D
>
>No doubt someone on NANOG knows what's happening with the ARIN version ;)
>(or if there will be one, if people want it, etc.)

SWIPs can hold abuse contact info. Again, this is a good thing for folks to do.