I get quite a bit of spam that is a "reply" to old NANOG posts (some dating back a year or more). Seems to only happen on some specific threads, dunno why though. Definitely recommend using a nanog-specific alias and auto-spam-folder'ing anything to that alias that isn't CC nanog@nanog, that seems to get rid of it. Matt On 7/18/23 5:02 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
malware email is so common i normally do not warn of it. but, in this case, the attacker is extracting quotes from nanog and luring folk into clicking. e.g.
From: takahashi@fukushitrust.com Subject: Re: jon postel To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 04:01:47 -0700
Hello!
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Does anyone have any stories about working with or near John they > would like to share with the list? It would definitely make my day > to hear more about the early internet somewhere around i have a protocol violation ticket he issued. --- Who says that routing unallocated address space is ungood? -- Randy Bush Routing unallocated address space is ungood! -- Jon Postel randy
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From: office@daimontrade.com.ua Subject: Re: Reverse DNS for eyeballs? To: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com> Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 02:56:36 -0700
Hello,
Modified paperwork regarding For this month. Kindly read through it attentively.
https://soocoop.net/e24/1s0/7ckl0icu7h
We appreciate your attention.
I would say the absence of reverse DNS tells useful info to receiving > MTAs - to preferably not accept. yep