On Dec 30, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Jerry Pasker wrote:
I got this email inquiring about data center space, from the most honest scumbag, *EVER* today. Operational relevance? Well, if everyone would turn these people down, we'd have a lot less problems to deal with. Sadly, requests like these happen far too often, but never have I had someone come right out and explain what they were doing up front like this without having to dig in to it.
They are going around to many providers. Word of warning: At least one provider has commented that www.$COMPANY.com was DoS'ed when he turned down their request, although he said it was a pretty weak DoS. Guess his botnet controller isn't very good. :) -- TTFN, patrick
Scumbag email: ------------ Hello,
I need servers to host botnet controller. Botnet controller is software that sends tasks to bots. Bots are hosts which send spam emails to millions of addresses. It's not direct spam but abuses on botnet contoller are received from time to time. What is your policy in case of receiving abuses and what is your policy in case of receiving a lot of abuses? What is policy about spam (not direct from your ips as I mentioned above)? Is it possible to host botnet controller in your datacenter during long-term time?
Thank you. --------------
The part that leaves me feeling good is that they do get abuse complaints from time to time. There's hope.