[H-GEN] Anti-spam tool wanted

[Stuart Longland]

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Greg Black wrote:

> Over the past week, I have been flooded by spam addressed to
> random (non-existent) usernames at various domains that I am
> responsible for...

This sort of thing classes as abuse and should be reported to the
originating ISP.  I did a few WHOIS lookups and came up with this.  I'd
definately start bugging abuse at comcast.net about this issue.

Administrator at BEAST /opt/bahamut
$ whois 68.54.79.215
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. JUMPSTART-1 (NET-68-32-0-0-1)
                                  68.32.0.0 - 68.63.255.255
Comcast Cable Communications, Inc. NAPLES-4 (NET-68-54-64-0-1)
                                  68.54.64.0 - 68.54.79.255

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-04-30 20:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

Administrator at BEAST /opt/bahamut
$ whois NAPLES-4

CustName:   Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.
Address:    3 Executive Campus
Address:    5th Floor
City:       Cherry Hill
StateProv:  NJ
PostalCode: 08002
Country:    US
RegDate:    2003-03-18
Updated:    2003-03-18

NetRange:   68.54.64.0 - 68.54.79.255
CIDR:       68.54.64.0/20
NetName:    NAPLES-4
NetHandle:  NET-68-54-64-0-1
Parent:     NET-68-32-0-0-1
NetType:    Reassigned
Comment:    NONE
RegDate:    2003-03-18
Updated:    2003-03-18

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-04-30 20:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

Administrator at BEAST /opt/bahamut
$ whois JUMPSTART-1

OrgName:    Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.
OrgID:      CMCS
Address:    3 Executive Campus
Address:    5th Floor
City:       Cherry Hill
StateProv:  NJ
PostalCode: 08002
Country:    US

NetRange:   68.32.0.0 - 68.63.255.255
CIDR:       68.32.0.0/11
NetName:    JUMPSTART-1
NetHandle:  NET-68-32-0-0-1
Parent:     NET-68-0-0-0-0
NetType:    Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS01.JDC01.PA.COMCAST.NET
NameServer: NS02.JDC01.PA.COMCAST.NET
Comment:    ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate:    2001-11-29
Updated:    2002-06-12

TechHandle: IC161-ARIN
TechName:   Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.
TechPhone:  +1-856-317-7300
TechEmail:  cips-ip-registration at cable.comcast.com

OrgTechHandle: IC161-ARIN
OrgTechName:   Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.
OrgTechPhone:  +1-856-317-7300
OrgTechEmail:  cips-ip-registration at cable.comcast.com

OrgAbuseHandle: NAPO-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   Network Abuse and Policy Observance
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-856-317-7272
OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse at comcast.net

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2003-04-30 20:10
# Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

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| Stuart Longland           stuartl at longlandclan.hopto.org |
| Brisbane Mesh Node: 719             http://stuartl.cjb.net/ |
| I haven't lost my mind - it's backed up on a tape somewhere |
| Griffith Student No:           Course: Bachelor/IT @ Nathan |
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