Abuse of ARIN policies.

I though I would pass this onto the users of this list.  I am wondering about
your feelings about this.  Is ARIN requesting this info as this message to
this user suggest?

L. James Prevo
President
The Prevo Network
http://www.prevo.net
"The Place Where We Unlock Your Doors to the Net!"

Message: 5
From: "hirsh -e-skwirtz" <hirsheskwirtz at hotmail.com>
To: cobalt-users at list.cobalt.com
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 12:16:20 -0700
Subject: [cobalt-users] what the hell kind of crap is this???
Reply-To: cobalt-users at list.cobalt.com

my isp and server provider sent me this email - demanding my custoner list -

has anybody ever had to deal with this sort of intrusion?

we have been told we will loose our servers if we do not comply

>>>>>>>

Subject: IP audit
CC: ipadmin at cobaltracks.com


Hi,

Our IP's are being checked (audited) by ARIN. We must justify the IP
usage
to ARIN or we may lose IP's. If we lose the IP's we might not be able
to
provide some services to you, Cobalt Racks customers (one of our major
competitors recently lost a big part of their IP allocation).

As you know, there is a shortage of IP's worldwide. Please help us to
keep
the IP's and provide services for you. This is what we need:

- Complete list of all your IP's

- Complete list of ALL DOMAINS on EACH IP.

We count on your support. This information is confidential and goes
only to
ARIN, which is a non-profit organization.

Please send this back by Friday, May 4, 2001. WE MUST HAVE THIS
INFORMATION!

Please send the list to ipadmin at cobaltracks.com

Thank you.

Tom Surmiak
Sales
Cobalt Racks