Purchased IPv4 Woes

Sun Mar 12 04:27:13 UTC 2017

Indeed.

Let this be a lesson: when purchasing blocks, one MUST do their due 
diligence. Check the RBLs, senderbase, previous owner reputation, etc. 
before buying.

Caveat emptor.

On 3/11/17 3:13 PM, Martin Hannigan wrote:
> Which broker did you use fot the transaction?
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>  Did you get a discount for knowingly accepting a dirty block or is this a
> surprise?
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> Are folks asking for warranties on acquired addresses these days?
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> Cheers,
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> -M<
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> Best,
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> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 12:11 Pete Baldwin <pete at tccmail.ca> wrote:
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>> Hi All,
>>
>>      Hopefully this is not taken in bad taste.   Our organization
>> purchased some IP space last year (163.182.192.0/18 to be specific), and
>> it appears that this block must have been used for less-than-admirable
>> purposes in the past.
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>> We have been trying to clean up the reputation where possible, and we do
>> not appear to be on any blacklists, but we do appear to be blocked from
>> a lot of networks across the US/Canada.    I am noticing a lot of name
>> servers blocking our requests, many web servers, gaming servers, mail etc.
>>
>> This is a transition block for us to move towards v6 everywhere, but we
>> have many systems that will need to rely on this block of space for some
>> time to come.
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>> We are a small rural co-op ISP in Ontario, and I am just writing this
>> email as an extra plea so that if you happen to run a network that has
>> this entire range on your naughty list, we would appreciate you giving
>> it another chance.  I can be contacted on or off list, thanks.
>>
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>> --
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>> -----
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>> Pete Baldwin
>> Tuckersmith Communications
>> (P) 519-565-2400
>> (C) 519-441-7383
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