[members-discuss] New comment - [#6372] Database Abuse
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Tim Armstrong
t.armstrong at nerdalize.com
Thu Sep 7 10:13:41 CEST 2017
Which is, to a certain extent, a requirement. But that's not the real issue, I don't mind people knowing my name, I just want a world where NOC and Abuse contacts aren't be spammed with sales pitches constantly. On 7 Sep 2017 10:05 am, "Christoffer Hansen" <cdh at nianet.dk> wrote: > If individual employees contact details are being readily exposed > Only if you have entered them in the RIPE DB on objects. (fx. person, abuse, update etc.) On 9/5/2017 13:40, Michele Neylon - Blacknight wrote: > How does the RIPE DB and its current protections (or lack of them) work > within the framework of GDPR? > > > > If individual employees contact details are being readily exposed then > that could be a serious problem for both us as a LIR and for RIPE. > > > > Regards > > > > Michele > > > > > > -- > > Mr Michele Neylon > > Blacknight Solutions > > Hosting, Colocation & Domains > > https://www.blacknight.com/ > > http://blacknight.blog/ > > Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 > > Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 > > Personal blog: https://michele.blog/ > > Some thoughts: https://ceo.hosting/ > > ------------------------------- > > Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty > > Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland Company No.: 370845 > > > > *From: *members-discuss <members-discuss-bounces at ripe.net> on behalf of > Tim Armstrong <t.armstrong at nerdalize.com> > *Date: *Tuesday 5 September 2017 at 09:52 > *To: *Catalin Dominte <catalin.dominte at paragon.net.uk> > *Cc: *"members-discuss at ripe.net" <members-discuss at ripe.net> > *Subject: *Re: [members-discuss] New comment - [#6372] Database Abuse > > > > I agree entirely. > > > > Yes the list of sales contact ones are quite funny. > > > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:45 AM, Catalin Dominte > <catalin.dominte at paragon.net.uk <mailto:catalin.dominte at paragon.net.uk>> > wrote: > > If RIPE decide to use forms (mainly for abuse reporting), that would > be great. Actual email addresses for peering purposes can be gleaned > from PeeringDB if one has an account there. > > > > My recent favourite email I get on the ripe addresses is if I am > interested in a list of brand new contacts for C level management > from various industries. Reported them all as spam, but they never > stop. > > > > *Catalin Dominte* > > Network Manager | Paragon Internet Group > > /Office: +44 (0)1628 200 219 <tel:+44%201628%20200219>/ > > > > The above information is confidential to the addressee and may be > privileged. Unauthorised access and use is prohibited. Internet > communications are not secure and therefore this company does not > accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. If you > are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, > distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance > on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Paragon Internet Group Ltd > is registered in England and Wales, Company No.07573953 > > > > On 5 September 2017 at 09:40:56, Telecoms (telco at intrinsec.com > <mailto:telco at intrinsec.com>) wrote: > > There is a new comment in the ticket submitted by Tim Armstrong > to Cloud Temple - Cloud Operations > > > Comment added by : Tim Armstrong > > Comment Content: > > And while we are at it, perhaps we could do something about all > the freaking Bots on this mailing list? I just got eight > auto-replies! > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:35 AM, Tim Armstrong > <t.armstrong at nerdalize.com > <mailto:t.armstrong at nerdalize.com>> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Every so often this issue crops up it's ugly head again, > RIPE DB abuse is a real problem. > > Yet again we are receiving unsolicited sales pitches via > an e-mail address we only use for the contact details in > our RIPE DB entries. > > > > We've all seen it; people offering to buy IPv4 blocks, > people offering to sell IPv4 blocks, DDoS filtering, > etc. It's a plague of poorly constructed pitches for > services none of us want to waste time reading about. If > we want such products, we all know how find them, and > yet the e-mails don't stop coming. > > > > I am not one for publicly shaming other members of the > community, but if it doesn't stop, I don't see how I > have a choice. They need to learn that database abuse > leads to boycott. > > The database is an operations tool for de-bugging and > reporting issues & abuse; not a sales team's list of > "potential leads". > > > > I hate to bring this subject up again, but is there > really nothing structural we can do about this? > > At a minimum we could occlude e-mail addresses from the > public DB, instead having public complaint submitted via > a webform on the NCC website, requiring the uninitiated > to realise this is an abuse / complaint contact, not a > sales opportunity. > > > > > > Thanks, > > Tim. > > > > -- > > *Tim Armstrong** > *Dark Lord of Network Operations > +31 6 175 444 72 > > > > > > -- > > *Tim Armstrong > *Dark Lord of Network Operations > +31 6 175 444 72 > > > > > 6372:154148 > > ---- > If you don't want to receive emails from the RIPE NCC > members-discuss > mailing list, please log in to your LIR Portal account and go to > the general page: > https://lirportal.ripe.net/general/ > > Click on "Edit my LIR details", under "Subscribed Mailing > Lists". 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