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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">I can agree with this. To go a step
      further I'd love to see a world where people sending abuse
      complaints also honor the abuse contact and don't simply spam
      every individual / email listed as well.<br>
      <br>
      On 09/07/2017 03:13 AM, Tim Armstrong wrote:<br>
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        <div>Which is, to a certain extent, a requirement.</div>
        <div dir="auto">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.</div>
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            <div class="gmail_quote">On 7 Sep 2017 10:05 am,
              "Christoffer Hansen" <<a href="mailto:cdh@nianet.dk"
                moz-do-not-send="true">cdh@nianet.dk</a>> wrote:<br
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                <div class="quoted-text">> If individual employees
                  contact details are being readily exposed<br>
                  ><br>
                  <br>
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                Only if you have entered them in the RIPE DB on objects.
                (fx. person, abuse, update etc.)<br>
                <div class="quoted-text"><br>
                  On 9/5/2017 13:40, Michele Neylon - Blacknight wrote:<br>
                  > How does the RIPE DB and its current protections
                  (or lack of them) work<br>
                  > within the framework of GDPR?<br>
                  ><br>
                  >  <br>
                  ><br>
                  > If individual employees contact details are being
                  readily exposed then<br>
                  > that could be a serious problem for both us as a
                  LIR and for RIPE.<br>
                  ><br>
                  >  <br>
                  ><br>
                  > Regards<br>
                  ><br>
                  >  <br>
                  ><br>
                  > Michele<br>
                  ><br>
                  >  <br>
                  ><br>
                  >  <br>
                  ><br>
                  > --<br>
                  ><br>
                  > Mr Michele Neylon<br>
                  ><br>
                  > Blacknight Solutions<br>
                  ><br>
                  > Hosting, Colocation & Domains<br>
                  ><br>
                  > <a href="https://www.blacknight.com/"
                    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.blacknight.com/</a><br>
                  ><br>
                  > <a href="http://blacknight.blog/"
                    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">http://blacknight.blog/</a><br>
                  ><br>
                  > Intl. <a
                    href="tel:%2B353%20%280%29%2059%C2%A0%209183072"
                    value="+353599183072" moz-do-not-send="true">+353
                    (0) 59  9183072</a><br>
                  ><br>
                  > Direct Dial: <a
                    href="tel:%2B353%20%280%2959%209183090"
                    value="+353599183090" moz-do-not-send="true">+353
                    (0)59 9183090</a><br>
                  ><br>
                  > Personal blog: <a href="https://michele.blog/"
                    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://michele.blog/</a><br>
                  ><br>
                  > Some thoughts: <a href="https://ceo.hosting/"
                    rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">https://ceo.hosting/</a><br>
                  ><br>
                  > ------------------------------<wbr>-<br>
                  ><br>
                  > Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit
                  12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty<br>
                  ><br>
                  > Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,R93 X265,Ireland 
                  Company No.: 370845<br>
                  ><br>
                  >  <br>
                  ><br>
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                > *From: *members-discuss <<a
                  href="mailto:members-discuss-bounces@ripe.net"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">members-discuss-bounces@ripe.<wbr>net</a>>
                on behalf of<br>
                > Tim Armstrong <<a
                  href="mailto:t.armstrong@nerdalize.com"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">t.armstrong@nerdalize.com</a>><br>
                <div class="quoted-text">> *Date: *Tuesday 5
                  September 2017 at 09:52<br>
                  > *To: *Catalin Dominte <<a
                    href="mailto:catalin.dominte@paragon.net.uk"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">catalin.dominte@paragon.net.<wbr>uk</a>><br>
                  > *Cc: *"<a href="mailto:members-discuss@ripe.net"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">members-discuss@ripe.net</a>"
                  <<a href="mailto:members-discuss@ripe.net"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">members-discuss@ripe.net</a>><br>
                </div>
                > *Subject: *Re: [members-discuss] New comment -
                [#6372] Database Abuse<br>
                <div class="quoted-text">><br>
                  >  <br>
                  ><br>
                  > I agree entirely.<br>
                  ><br>
                  >  <br>
                  ><br>
                  > Yes the list of sales contact ones are quite
                  funny.<br>
                  ><br>
                  >  <br>
                  ><br>
                  > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:45 AM, Catalin Dominte<br>
                </div>
                > <<a href="mailto:catalin.dominte@paragon.net.uk"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">catalin.dominte@paragon.net.<wbr>uk</a>
                <mailto:<a
                  href="mailto:catalin.dominte@paragon.net.uk"
                  moz-do-not-send="true">catalin.dominte@<wbr>paragon.net.uk</a>>><br>
                <div class="quoted-text">> wrote:<br>
                  ><br>
                  >     If RIPE decide to use forms (mainly for abuse
                  reporting), that would<br>
                  >     be great. Actual email addresses for peering
                  purposes can be gleaned<br>
                  >     from PeeringDB if one has an account there.<br>
                  ><br>
                  >      <br>
                  ><br>
                  >     My recent favourite email I get on the ripe
                  addresses is if I am<br>
                  >     interested in a list of brand new contacts
                  for C level management<br>
                  >     from various industries. Reported them all as
                  spam, but they never<br>
                  >     stop.<br>
                  ><br>
                  >      <br>
                  ><br>
                </div>
                >     *Catalin Dominte*<br>
                <div class="quoted-text">><br>
                  >     Network Manager | Paragon Internet Group<br>
                  ><br>
                </div>
                <div class="quoted-text">>     /Office: <a
                    href="tel:%2B44%20%280%291628%20200%20219"
                    value="+441628200219" moz-do-not-send="true">+44
                    (0)1628 200 219</a> <tel:+44%201628%20200219>/<br>
                  ><br>
                  >      <br>
                  ><br>
                </div>
                <div class="quoted-text">>     The above information
                  is confidential to the addressee and may be<br>
                  >     privileged. Unauthorised access and use is
                  prohibited. Internet<br>
                  >     communications are not secure and therefore
                  this company does not<br>
                  >     accept legal responsibility for the contents
                  of this message. If you<br>
                  >     are not the intended recipient, any
                  disclosure, copying,<br>
                  >     distribution or any action taken or omitted
                  to be taken in reliance<br>
                  >     on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful.
                  Paragon Internet Group Ltd<br>
                  >     is registered in England and Wales, Company
                  No.07573953<br>
                  ><br>
                  >      <br>
                  ><br>
                  >     On 5 September 2017 at 09:40:56, Telecoms (<a
                    href="mailto:telco@intrinsec.com"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">telco@intrinsec.com</a><br>
                </div>
                <div class="quoted-text">>     <mailto:<a
                    href="mailto:telco@intrinsec.com"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">telco@intrinsec.com</a>>)
                  wrote:<br>
                  ><br>
                  >         There is a new comment in the ticket
                  submitted by Tim Armstrong<br>
                  >         to Cloud Temple - Cloud Operations<br>
                  ><br>
                  ><br>
                  >         Comment added by : Tim Armstrong<br>
                  ><br>
                  >         Comment Content:<br>
                  ><br>
                  >         And while we are at it, perhaps we could
                  do something about all<br>
                  >         the freaking Bots on this mailing list? I
                  just got eight<br>
                  >         auto-replies!<br>
                  ><br>
                  >          <br>
                  ><br>
                  >          <br>
                  ><br>
                  >             On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 10:35 AM, Tim
                  Armstrong<br>
                  >             <<a
                    href="mailto:t.armstrong@nerdalize.com"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">t.armstrong@nerdalize.com</a><br>
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                <div class="elided-text">>             <mailto:<a
                    href="mailto:t.armstrong@nerdalize.com"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">t.armstrong@nerdalize.<wbr>com</a>>>
                  wrote:<br>
                  ><br>
                  >                 Hi all,<br>
                  ><br>
                  >                  <br>
                  ><br>
                  >                 Every so often this issue crops
                  up it's ugly head again,<br>
                  >                 RIPE DB abuse is a real problem.<br>
                  ><br>
                  >                 Yet again we are receiving
                  unsolicited sales pitches via<br>
                  >                 an e-mail address we only use for
                  the contact details in<br>
                  >                 our RIPE DB entries.<br>
                  ><br>
                  >                  <br>
                  ><br>
                  >                 We've all seen it; people
                  offering to buy IPv4 blocks,<br>
                  >                 people offering to sell IPv4
                  blocks, DDoS filtering,<br>
                  >                 etc. It's a plague of poorly
                  constructed pitches for<br>
                  >                 services none of us want to waste
                  time reading about. If<br>
                  >                 we want such products, we all
                  know how find them, and<br>
                  >                 yet the e-mails don't stop
                  coming.<br>
                  ><br>
                  >                  <br>
                  ><br>
                  >                 I am not one for publicly shaming
                  other members of the<br>
                  >                 community, but if it doesn't
                  stop, I don't see how I<br>
                  >                 have a choice. They need to learn
                  that database abuse<br>
                  >                 leads to boycott.<br>
                  ><br>
                  >                 The database is an operations
                  tool for de-bugging and<br>
                  >                 reporting issues & abuse; not
                  a sales team's list of<br>
                  >                 "potential leads".<br>
                  ><br>
                  >                  <br>
                  ><br>
                  >                 I hate to bring this subject up
                  again, but is there<br>
                  >                 really nothing structural we can
                  do about this?<br>
                  ><br>
                  >                 At a minimum we could occlude
                  e-mail addresses from the<br>
                  >                 public DB, instead having public
                  complaint submitted via<br>
                  >                 a webform on the NCC website,
                  requiring the uninitiated<br>
                  >                 to realise this is an abuse /
                  complaint contact, not a<br>
                  >                 sales opportunity.<br>
                  ><br>
                  >                  <br>
                  ><br>
                  >                  <br>
                  ><br>
                  >                 Thanks,<br>
                  ><br>
                  >                 Tim.<br>
                  ><br>
                  >                  <br>
                  ><br>
                  >                 --<br>
                  ><br>
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                >                 *Tim Armstrong**<br>
                >                 *Dark Lord of Network Operations<br>
                <div class="quoted-text">>                 <a
                    href="tel:%2B31%206%20175%20444%2072"
                    value="+31617544472" moz-do-not-send="true">+31 6
                    175 444 72</a><br>
                  ><br>
                  >              <br>
                  ><br>
                  >              <br>
                  ><br>
                  >             --<br>
                  ><br>
                </div>
                >             *Tim Armstrong<br>
                >             *Dark Lord of Network Operations<br>
                <div class="quoted-text">>             <a
                    href="tel:%2B31%206%20175%20444%2072"
                    value="+31617544472" moz-do-not-send="true">+31 6
                    175 444 72</a><br>
                  ><br>
                  >              <br>
                  ><br>
                  ><br>
                  >         6372:154148<br>
                  ><br>
                  >         ----<br>
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                  >  <br>
                  ><br>
                  > --<br>
                  ><br>
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                > *Tim Armstrong<br>
                > *Dark Lord of Network Operations<br>
                > <a href="tel:%2B31%206%20175%20444%2072"
                  value="+31617544472" moz-do-not-send="true">+31 6 175
                  444 72</a> <tel:<a href="tel:%2B31617544472"
                  value="+31617544472" moz-do-not-send="true">+31617544472</a>><br>
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                  ><br>
                  ><br>
                  > ----<br>
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