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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: SPAM, RE: Internic and there lame response
At 21:22 7/10/98 -0400, Andrea Di Lecce wrote: > >At 20:21 7/8/98 -0400, you wrote: >>Incredibly two-faced response. How do you determine the user's ISP? Check >>WhoIs. But...OOOPPSS!...the information in WhoIs is phoney, and we don't >>do anything about that. Sorry, guess you're just screwed. > >There are many other ways to track a spammer. > >- Do nslookup on the IP that originated the spam (sometimes this takes a >bit of detective work to find what IP actually originated the spam). >- Traceroute to the originating IP. Email the ISP that is directly upstream. *I* know these techniques. Joe User who's irritated at his spam likely does not. >- Look in the Whois information for contact emails and nameservers - if >these are for the upstream ISP, or some ISP other than the spammer, report >it to them. But there's the rub. A great deal of the information (including delegations) in domain registrations by net.abusers is complete fabrication. InterNIC refuses to deal with it, even when it's pointed out to them. >- If they are advertising a web page, track the web page host, and their >upstream, and report it to them. All the time :> > >>What do spammers and nails have in common? They're both intended for >>hammering. > >Amen. Witnesses available at www.witness.com...:) What do spammers and nails have in common? They're both intended for hammering. Dean Robb PC-Easy On-site computer services (757) 495-EASY [3279]
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