Abuse of ARIN policies.

they CAN do that, but its not likely that they will unless there's a
flagrant abuse of IP space reported...afaik...

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Joe DeCosta
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On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, L. James Prevo wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
>