Re: Survey on IP Address Abuse Reporting Practices and Managements

On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 04:44:16PM -0700, Randy Bush wrote:

abuse-mailbox: blackhole@bogus.com

So were you trying to reinforce my point or ...? But seriously, to the VT researcher: Take 100 random IPs and run them through WHOIS and try to come up with anything close to useful abuse contacts. Don't like random? Take a statistical sample from a blacklist. If you don't know where to find one, here: https://github.com/bitwire-it/ipblocklist It's a short script. Write it and run it. You don't need a survey to understand that the efficacy approaches zero faster than my investment in United Buggywhip, Cassette Tape, and Coal Delivery Inc. -- . ___ ___ . . ___ . \ / |\ |\ \ . _\_ /__ |-\ |-\ \__