[anti-abuse-wg] Whois database accuracy

On 22 Oct 2009, at 00:01, Tobias Knecht wrote:

> Hi,
>
>>> I use to report spam to the spam abuse mailboxes which are defined  
>>> by
>>> the whois database.
>>
>> Which one??
>
> Good question. We (abusix) are trying to get a new Best Practice done.
>
> Please have a look at the attachment. That's a first draft to get a
> standardized place for abuse addresses. Once this is done and accepted
> as a best practice we could take the next step and try to get it
> mandatory and lets see what will happen than.


Does that address the question posed though? ie. which whois database


>
>>> However, I'm always encountering the below issues:
>>> - the mailbox domain isn't valid
>>> - the mailbox is full
>>> - the mailbox doesn't exist
>
> http://abusix.org/services/abuse-contact-db
>
> Could be interesting for you. ;-)
>
>>> Who can I contact in order to ensure the Whois database is tidied  
>>> up.
>>>
>>> I tried to reach the top registry of the domain (-l whois option).
>>>
>>> However nobody is fixing those reference databases !
>>>
>>> Could we possibly disconnect the network which aren't tidying their
>>> whois records ?
>
>
> We had some good effort by doing the global reporting thing. Possibly
> you wanna join us and report your stuff globally. If you need helpor
> some scripts for ARF reporting. Let me know.


Oh how I hate those things!

I'm sick to death of our abuse desk being flooded with reports about mailscanner.info

Please tell me you've whitelisted it!

>
>
> Whatever you do to move RIPE and those members, let us know. We will
> support you.

Spam and abuse (in general) are global problems.

>
> Thanks,
>
> Tobias
>
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