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"<font size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt">absolute king</span></font>" - I'm only trying to be elected to RIPE board, what does this strange person wants.<br>
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<b>From:</b> Terrence Koeman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Elad Cohen; nanog@nanog.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: RIPE NCC Executive Board election
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<div class="PlainText">Yes, are you having trouble understanding that? Even if we suppose a world where you are the absolute king of all RIRs plus IANA *and* majority shareholder of all commercial entities you have envisioned for your round table, it would
still not work.<br>
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I'd pay to see that unfold in a VR simulation though, A+ entertainment :D<br>
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-- <br>
Regards,<br>
Terrence Koeman, PhD/MTh/BPsy<br>
Darkness Reigns (Holding) B.V.<br>
<br>
Please quote relevant replies.<br>
<br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: Elad Cohen <elad@netstyle.io><br>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:01 PM<br>
> To: Terrence Koeman <terrence@darkness-reigns.com>; nanog@nanog.org<br>
> Subject: Re: RIPE NCC Executive Board election<br>
> <br>
> "actually be implemented, even in theory"<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> ________________________________<br>
> <br>
> From: Terrence Koeman<br>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:58 PM<br>
> To: Elad Cohen; David Hubbard; nanog@nanog.org<br>
> Subject: Re: RIPE NCC Executive Board election<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> You're welcome :) And don't worry I already have posted it on social<br>
> media.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> I don't believe there is any danger of your "solutions" being mistaken for<br>
> something that can actually be implemented, even in theory.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> If there was we would have larger issues than just the resource drain and<br>
> time-wasting of trying to forcefully implement comically unrealistic<br>
> "solutions". None of which are abated by suppression of your "solutions"<br>
> or discussion of them.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> In fact, if people that believe you're a genius and that your "solutions"<br>
> merit implementation exist in positions where they can actually effect an<br>
> attempt to implement them (causing certain resource drain and time-<br>
> wasting), it's best we know about it sooner rather than later.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> --<br>
> Regards,<br>
> Terrence Koeman, PhD/MTh/BPsy<br>
> Darkness Reigns (Holding) B.V.<br>
> <br>
> Please quote relevant replies.<br>
> Spelling errors courtesy of my 'smart'phone.<br>
> <br>
> ________________________________<br>
> <br>
> From: Elad Cohen <elad@netstyle.io><br>
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 May 2020 21:16<br>
> To: Terrence Koeman; David Hubbard; nanog@nanog.org<br>
> Subject: [SPAM-MS] Re: RIPE NCC Executive Board election<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Thank you for publishing it, please post also in your social<br>
> accounts.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> ________________________________<br>
> From: NANOG on behalf of Terrence Koeman<br>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 9:54 PM<br>
> To: David Hubbard; nanog@nanog.org<br>
> Subject: Re: RIPE NCC Executive Board election<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> If you thought IPv4+ was entertaining, check out his "solution" to<br>
> packet spoofing:<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-</a><br>
> April/003902.html<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> And SPAM:<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-</a><br>
> April/003778.html<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> These should be submitted as RFCs, but on April 1st next year :)<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> This could only be funnier if he wasn't dead serious and attempting<br>
> to gain power in RIPE right at this moment. Never in my life have I<br>
> encountered such an obvious and clear example of the Dunning-Kruger<br>
> effect[1]. He's entrenched right at the peak of "Mount Stupid"[2] (he<br>
> appears committed to building a tower there).<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Ref:<br>
> <br>
> [1] <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect</a><br>
> <br>
> [2]<br>
> <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger</a><br>
> _Effect_01.svg<br>
> <br>
> --<br>
> Regards,<br>
> Terrence Koeman, PhD/MTh/BPsy<br>
> Darkness Reigns (Holding) B.V.<br>
> <br>
> Please quote relevant replies.<br>
> Spelling errors courtesy of my 'smart'phone.<br>
> ________________________________<br>
> From: David Hubbard <dhubbard@dino.hostasaurus.com><br>
> Sent: Wednesday, 13 May 2020 19:19<br>
> To: nanog@nanog.org<br>
> Subject: [SPAM-MS] Re: RIPE NCC Executive Board election<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> LOL the IPv4+ thing was a pretty entertaining read. You clearly<br>
> don�t have even a basic understanding of the v4 packet structure, or that<br>
> the octet display concept is simply for human benefit. IPv6 can be<br>
> implemented with �software updates� too�<br>
> <br>
> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces@nanog.org> on behalf of Elad Cohen<br>
> <elad@netstyle.io><br>
> Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 9:47 AM<br>
> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>, "nanog@nanog.org"<br>
> <nanog@nanog.org><br>
> Subject: Re: RIPE NCC Executive Board election<br>
> <br>
> Hello Everyone,<br>
> <br>
> My apology for not providing an official response to the first "The<br>
> Ronald Show" that took place here many months ago, I was out of hospital<br>
> after full anesthesia and it took me months to get back to myself.<br>
> <br>
> What was done towards me and what being done to me by Ronald is an<br>
> intentional personal attack against me and I will explain.<br>
> <br>
> I didn't agree to provide private business documents to the illegal<br>
> anonymous organization "The Spamhaus Project" that they tried to extort<br>
> from me - then I found out who are the real people behind the illegal<br>
> anonymous organization "The Spamhaus Project" - and then they started to<br>
> attack me (including here on Nanog, with false information, when I was out<br>
> of hospital and wasn't in the condition to respond to them).<br>
> <br>
> "The Spamhaus Project" is an illegal anonymous organization<br>
> according to their own words in their own following presentation:<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/445894312/Spamhaus-Illegal-Private-" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://www.scribd.com/document/445894312/Spamhaus-Illegal-Private-</a><br>
> Data-Violation<br>
> <br>
> They wrote in it that they receive on a regular basis - massive<br>
> amount of illegaly-obtained privacy data from their contacts in many<br>
> internet companies and internet organizations - and then they share it in<br>
> illegal way (without any warrant) with Law Enforcement Agencies - this is<br>
> the reason that Law Enforcement Agencies are doing nothing regarding the<br>
> illegal anonymous organization "The Spamhaus Project".<br>
> <br>
> Ronald Guilmette is the front person of the illegal anonymous<br>
> organization "The Spamhaus Project".<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> ----<br>
> and that said legal counsel has then<br>
> proceeded to threaten various officials of the City of Cape Town,<br>
> South Africa with possible legal action if they do not relinquish<br>
> to him their rights in and title to the 165.25.0.0/16 block<br>
> ----<br>
> This is a complete lie, in order to shame CoCT I will not share<br>
> their internal correspondences. Anyone interested to know more information<br>
> can email me directly.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> ----<br>
> "I am assured that at no time did the City of Cape Town ever sell,<br>
> trade, or barter away their rights to this valuable IPv4 block"<br>
> ----<br>
> Ronald is "assured" exactly as he is "assured" that all Dutch people<br>
> are criminals and all Colombian network oeprators are criminals and all<br>
> Chicago citizens are criminals according to his statements in the<br>
> following links:<br>
> <a href="https://imgur.com/AcmgwEX" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://imgur.com/AcmgwEX</a><br>
> <a href="https://imgur.com/WUZvdNJ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://imgur.com/WUZvdNJ</a><br>
> <a href="https://imgur.com/a/Rzrbxkz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://imgur.com/a/Rzrbxkz</a><br>
> <br>
> Ronald was called an antisemitic and a racist person here on Nanog<br>
> in the following two links, by people which are not related to me:<br>
> <a href="https://imgur.com/AQCmZlk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://imgur.com/AQCmZlk</a><br>
> <a href="https://imgur.com/a/Rzrbxkz" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://imgur.com/a/Rzrbxkz</a><br>
> <br>
> <br>
> In the first "The Ronald Show" many months ago - Ronald called me in<br>
> two antisemitic names that are being used to relate to Jews in Shakespeare<br>
> literature (just like Ronald is relating to Shakespeare in<br>
> <a href="https://imgur.com/AcmgwEX" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://imgur.com/AcmgwEX</a> ) - as part of his defamation campaign towards<br>
> me - none of you raised a voice and not only that but some Nanog<br>
> subscribers enjoyed his racism and antisemitism (without a single proof<br>
> against me) as was written here by them (with a popcorn).<br>
> <br>
> The "source" in "The Spamhaus Project" that supported and pumped<br>
> Ronald Imagination is the criminal of the anonymous twitter account:<br>
> <a href="https://twitter.com/underthebreach" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://twitter.com/underthebreach</a> , that person according to his own<br>
> words in his own criminal anonymous twitter account - is a master of cyber<br>
> influence operations (meaning to influence people without a single proof)<br>
> - that person is also an employee of the Israeli-based company GeoEdge and<br>
> they are a direct competitor of a company that used the netblocks that<br>
> Ronald attacked - not only that but Ronald also attacked another Israeli-<br>
> based company called Divineworks (here in Nanog) and they are also a<br>
> direct competitor of the Israeli-based company GeoEdge. What was done here<br>
> is a cyber influence operation without a single proof because of a<br>
> business competition.<br>
> <br>
> That criminal <a href="https://twitter.com/underthebreach" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://twitter.com/underthebreach</a> which is a member<br>
> of "The Spamhaus Project" and pumped Ronald Imagination - is not the only<br>
> person which is abusing the power of "The Spamhaus Project" for<br>
> commericial goals, that are many many more people and companies behind the<br>
> illegal anonymous organization "The Spamhaus Project" which are making<br>
> profit from it, for example:<br>
> <br>
> - Vincent Schonau from Open-Xchange (AKA "Vincenet Hanna" of "The<br>
> Spamhaus Project") that "The Spamhaus Project" is attacking the<br>
> competitors of Open-Xchange.<br>
> - Laura Atkins from WordToTheWise which is selling a Spamhaus<br>
> listing removal service (<a href="https://wordtothewise.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://wordtothewise.com</a>)<br>
> <br>
> Real identities behind "The Spamhaus Project":<br>
> <br>
> "Mike Anderson" - Michael O'Reirdan (Chairman Emeritus of W3AAWG)<br>
> and Professor Ross Anderson from Cambridge university (both known as "Mike<br>
> Anderson" of "The Spamhaus Project")<br>
> "Rob Shultz" - Rob McEwen (<a href="https://www.invaluement.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://www.invaluement.com/</a>)<br>
> "Thomas Morrison" - Daniel R. Thomas<br>
> (<a href="https://personal.cis.strath.ac.uk/d.thomas/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://personal.cis.strath.ac.uk/d.thomas/</a>)<br>
> "Pete Dawes" - Ildiko Pete (<a href="https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ip358/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~ip358/</a>)<br>
> "Vincent Hanna" - Vincent Schonau of Open-Xchange<br>
> (<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentschonau/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentschonau/</a>)<br>
> "Milly Fawcett" - Kelly Molloy of FarSight Security<br>
> (<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-molloy-b886442/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-molloy-b886442/</a>)<br>
> Among others.<br>
> <br>
> Companies behind the illegal anonymous organization "The Spamhaus<br>
> Project":<br>
> ThreatSTOP<br>
> FarSight Security<br>
> Fastly<br>
> Dyn<br>
> Cymru<br>
> Abusix<br>
> Among others.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Regarding the article that Ronald shared, in it there is clearly<br>
> written:<br>
> <br>
> "It must be noted that Cohen is not being accused of any illegal<br>
> activity in this report."<br>
> <br>
> But it doesn't change the fact that the article was clearly written<br>
> only for Ronald to be able to post it and to proceed with the illegal<br>
> "cyber influence operation" to attack me without a single proof. The<br>
> article was written by the instruction of the "The Spamhaus Project" mob<br>
> and then Ronald made this post according to the instruction from "The<br>
> Spamhaus Project" mob. A coordinated illegal "cyber influence operation"<br>
> without a single proof.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Many subscribers of the Nanog list are members of the illegal<br>
> anonymous organization "The Spamhaus Project" - Ronald Guilmette is just<br>
> their front clown - expect many of them to jump now and to defame me here<br>
> without a single proof (because this is how the illegal anonynous<br>
> organization "The Spamhaus Project" works) - and you can ask them a simple<br>
> single question - "show us a single proof" - and - "if you cannot show us<br>
> a single proof then please stop spamming the mailing list".<br>
> <br>
> Ronald at the end of his post keep spreading lies and writing:<br>
> "less than honorable intent reach for power"<br>
> "to persons with an interest only in what is best for them<br>
> personally, to the exclusion of all else"<br>
> "Democracy dies in darkness."<br>
> <br>
> When in reality I invented three new pantets for the best of the<br>
> whole Internet community and I will work to implement them if I will be<br>
> elected:<br>
> <br>
> IPv4+ that will mitigate the "IPv4 Exhaustion" problem and will add<br>
> more 4,294,967,296 IPv4 addresses: (can be implemented with software<br>
> updates and not all internet hosts in the world will have to be updated -<br>
> home routers and home modems which are the vast majority of routing<br>
> equipment in the world - will not need to be updated and will support more<br>
> 4,294,967,296 IPv4 addresses with IPv4+ )<br>
> <a href="https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-</a><br>
> April/003676.html<br>
> <br>
> Completely mitigating the global email spam problem in a clean and<br>
> automatic way: (and also mitigating the illegal anonymous organization<br>
> "The Spamhaus Project")<br>
> <a href="https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-</a><br>
> April/003778.html<br>
> <br>
> Completely mitigating spoofed ip amplification DDoS attacks and<br>
> spoofed ip traffic with is a source for criminality:<br>
> <a href="https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://www.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/members-discuss/2020-</a><br>
> April/003902.html<br>
> <br>
> They ("The Spamhaus Project" mob) wants to keep controlling RIPE and<br>
> any other internet organizations - I want to liberate RIPE - I want to<br>
> make sure that that illegal anonymous organization that violates any thing<br>
> which is sacred in the Interent (freedom, free speech and connectivity) -<br>
> will have no footprint in RIPE.<br>
> <br>
> My full agenda can be read here:<br>
> <a href="https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/gm/meetings/may-</a><br>
> 2020/candidate-biographies#elad_cohen<br>
> <br>
> Ronald is afraid from me being elected because he knows that if I<br>
> will be elected I will put an end to the illgal anonymous organization<br>
> "The Spamhaus Project" which is intimidating and harassing many<br>
> organizations and many businesses worldwide.<br>
> <br>
> Kind Regards,<br>
> Elad<br>
> ________________________________<br>
> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces@nanog.org> on behalf of Ronald F.<br>
> Guilmette <rfg@tristatelogic.com><br>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 12:50 PM<br>
> To: nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org><br>
> Subject: RIPE NCC Executive Board election<br>
> <br>
> Many of you here may be dues-paying members of both ARIN and RIPE.<br>
> <br>
> Those of you who are may wish to be aware of the fact that there<br>
> will<br>
> be an election held on (I believe) May 14th, just a day or two from<br>
> now, for three open RIPE NCC Executive Board seats.<br>
> <br>
> I have it on good authority that one of the candidates running for<br>
> the open RIPE NCC board seats in this election has hired legal<br>
> counsel in South Africa, and that said legal counsel has then<br>
> proceeded to threaten various officials of the City of Cape Town,<br>
> South Africa with possible legal action if they do not relinquish<br>
> to him their rights in and title to the 165.25.0.0/16 block, a<br>
> block that all historical records, including even ARIN "WhoWas"<br>
> historical records show, clearly and unambiguously, has been<br>
> legally registered to the City of Cape Town for over twenty years.<br>
> (I am assured that at no time did the City of Cape Town ever sell,<br>
> trade, or barter away their rights to this valuable IPv4 block,<br>
> and that they are defending themselves, as best as they can, against<br>
> this attempt to extort them out of their rightful prooperty.)<br>
> <br>
> Where I come from, this kind of thing is called barratry, but you<br>
> be the judge.<br>
> <br>
> In any case, prior to the RIPE election, I wanted to let you all<br>
> know these facts about the candidate in question, as well as a<br>
> number of additional startling facts relating to the people who<br>
> nominated this candidate for a RIPE NCC Executive board seat, as<br>
> documented by my friend, South African journalist Jan Vermeulen:<br>
> <br>
> <a href="https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/350973-man-connected-to-" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable">
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/350973-man-connected-to-</a><br>
> african-ip-address-heist-running-for-board-position-at-european-ip-<br>
> address-organisation.html<br>
> <br>
> I could go into more detail about many of the nominators mentioned<br>
> in the above article, but I don't want to make this email too long,<br>
> so I'll await some explict request for that additional info. For<br>
> now<br>
> it should suffice to make at least some of the basic facts more<br>
> widely<br>
> available, a task which is accomplished just by sharing the above<br>
> link,<br>
> IMHO.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Regards,<br>
> rfg<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> P.S. I have been specifically and explicitly enjoined and<br>
> constrained<br>
> from posting here anything at all that might smack of being either<br>
> partisan or of an even vaguely "political" nature, and thus, I will<br>
> refrain from doing so. I would be remiss hoever if I did not at<br>
> least<br>
> note in passing that history records that in times such as these,<br>
> when<br>
> people of good character and good intent are, as they rightly should<br>
> be,<br>
> focused on the health and safety of themselves, their loved ones,<br>
> and<br>
> their professional collegues, and when the gaze of the world is<br>
> elsewhere,<br>
> persons of less than honorable intent reach for power and, with<br>
> unfortunate<br>
> regularity, obtain it.<br>
> <br>
> I cannot and do not ask that those of you who have been saddled with<br>
> personal or local crises during this sad time turn away from those<br>
> responsibilities to give attention to matters of Internet<br>
> governance,<br>
> however urgent those may appear at the moment. For all of us, our<br>
> first-<br>
> order duty lies nearby, with family, friends, and collegues. But<br>
> for<br>
> those of you who still have a few cycles to spare, I do ask that you<br>
> consider carefully the newfound and critical importance of this<br>
> tool,<br>
> this Internet, in the lives of so many millions, all around the<br>
> world,<br>
> and the self-evident risks of its governance being handed over, by<br>
> default<br>
> or otherwise, to persons with an interest only in what is best for<br>
> them<br>
> personally, to the exclusion of all else.<br>
> <br>
> P.P.S. I would be posting this info and the above link also to the<br>
> very relevant RIPE members-discuss mailing list, but as I am not a<br>
> due-paying member of RIPE, I have no ability to do so. Separately,<br>
> due in no small part to the candidate's own recent and manifest on-<br>
> list<br>
> transgressions on that very list, that list has recently been<br>
> switched<br>
> to a heavy-handed moderation, under which, it seems, even discussion<br>
> of<br>
> the pros and cons of candidates in the upcoming RIPE NCC Executive<br>
> Board<br>
> election are now categorized as "too controversial" and thus,<br>
> themselves,<br>
> are now entirely off-limits.<br>
> <br>
> I cannot help but be reminded of a catch-phrase that I saw<br>
> somewhere,<br>
> not too long ago:<br>
> <br>
> "Democracy dies in darkness."<br>
> -- anon<br>
> <br>
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