At 06:10 PM 4/6/2005, JP Velders wrote:
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 14:54:08 -0400 From: Adam Jacob Muller <adam@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@cwi.nl and cert@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.